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— Ann^ Chase,- 



— Aaron Haynes'' 

Baker,- 



-Lettice Phillips^ 
Mason,- 



-Asa'' Woolson,- 



-Elizabeth' Knight,- 



-JoHN Sargent' 

Chase,- 



-Anna* Horton,- 



— Ebenezer^ Baker,- 



-Eunice'' Haynes,- 



-John' Mason,- 



— Anna* Phillips,- 



— Joseph' Woolson, 

— Elizabeth" Upham, — 

— Ebenezer'' Knight, — 
— Elizabeth Boynton. 

— Timothy* Chase, 



— Leah^ Robbins,- 

— Joseph' Horton,- 
— Alice' Knight,— 



(—Elijah^ Baker, 

— Lois Rood. 
-Aaron' Haynes, 



— Mary'^ Armstrong, — 



-Perez* Mason,- 



-Martha^ Barney,— 



— JoHN^ Phillips,— 



— Anna^ Cummings,- 



CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON. 



-Joseph- Woolson,- 
-Hannah . 

-Thomas^ Upham,- 



-Elizabeth^ Hovey,- 
-JoHN^ Knight, 



— Abigail- Cragin,- 



1 — IsAAC^ Chase,- 



-Hannah Berry. 
-Thomas^ Robbins,- 
' — Lydia^ Adams, 



I — David^ Horton, 

I — Mary Badcock. 

I — Ebenezer* Knight,— 



-Mary'' Johnson,- 



,— Tryair Baker. 

' — Elizabeth Tibbetts. 

— Jonathan'* Haynes,- 
— Ruth'* Page, 



|— William^ Armstrong,- 
' — Mercy Pitcher. 

I — John^ Mason, 



-Zerviah Ormsby. 
-Josephs Barney,— 



-Lois' Martin,- 



— Amos^ Phillips,- 
— Abigail- Dodge,- 



-Jotham'' Cummings,— 



-Anna^ Brown,- 



-Thomas' Woolson. 

-Sarah- Hyde, 



I — Phineas^ Upham,— 
' — Ruth Wood. 

I — JoHN^ Hovey, 

I — Dorcas Ivory. 



I — Joseph^ Knight,- 
I — Hannah . 

I — John' Cragin. 
I — Sarah Dawes. 

-Daniel^ Chase,— 



-Martha- Kimball,— 

I — Robert' Robbins. 
' — Mary (Maxwell?). 

— Jonathan^ Adams,— 
I — Leah Gould. 



-Thomas' Horton. 



j — JoHN^ Knight, 

' — Abigail Cragin. 

I — Matthew^ Johnson, - 
' — Mary Reed. 



— Thomas^ Haynes,- 



-Hannah^ Harriman, 
— Thomas^ Page, 

— Lydl\3 Bixby, 



I — Joseph^ Armstrong,- 
I — Lydia Worth. 

-Pelatiah^ Mason, — 



-Hepsibah' Brooks,- 
-JosEPH-* Barney, 



— Joanna'* Martin, - 
— Edward"* Martin,- 



I — Samuel' Hyde. 
I — Temperance — 

I — John' Upham. 
' — Elizabeth . 



— Martha^* Washburn,— 

I — Seth' Phillips. 
I — Lydia . 

I — Noah"* Dodge, 



— Margaret Crockett. 
— Jerahmeel' Cummings,— 

— Hannah-* Farwell, 

— JosiAH^ Brown, 



j — Daniel' Hovey. 
— Abigail^ Andrews. 

,— John' Knight. 
I — Mary . 



I — Aquila' Chase. 
I — Ann Wheeler. 

I — Richard' Kimball. 
' — Ursula Scott. 



-Thomas' Adams. 
-Mary Blackmore. 



—Joseph^ Knight. 
— Hannah . 

— Matthew^ Johnson. 
— Rebecca Wiswall. 



— Jonathan^ Haynes. 
— Sarah Moulton. 

— Matthew^ Harriman. 



— Cornelius^ Page. 

— Jonathan^ Bixby. 
— S.'\rah Smith. 

— Benjamin' Armstrong. 
— Rachel . 

— Sampson' Mason. 
— Mary Butterworth. 

— Timothy^ Brooks. 



— Joseph^ Barney. 
— Constance Davis. 

— JoHN^ Martin. 
— Mercy Hayward. 

— Ephraim' Martin. 

— Jonathan^ Washburn. 
— Mary^ Vaughn. 



— Joseph^ Dodge. 
—Rebecca Balch. 

— Samuel-* Cummings. 
— Elizabeth Shedd. 

— Henry^ Farwell. 

— Susanna Richardson. 

— S.A.MUEL' Brown. 

— Elizabeth Wheeler. 



-Anna- Farwell,- 



-Josiah' Farwell. 



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Fenno,- 



— Ralph' Fenno,- 



-Mary' Fenno,- 



— Joseph'' Fenno, 

— Margaret Gibbons. 



— Samuel* Fenno, 

(Bro. of Joseph above). 
— Deborah' Ford, 






-Eliza Stearns'' 

Crafts,- 



-Samuel Jewett^ 

Crafts,- 

-Rebecca Stearns^ 

Knight,- 



, — Samuel' Craft,— 
I — Esther Jewett. 

-Levi' Knight. 

-Eunice* Stearns,- 



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-Loammi Brainard' 
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-Mary Bradley^ 

West,- 



— Joel^ Flint, 



— HULDAH* HaWES,- 



-Benjamin* West,— 



— Phebe' Tyler,- 



— James' Flint,- 



-Jerusha^ Lillie,- 



-William' Hawes, — ■ 



-Esther Smith. 



-Timothy' West,- 



— Lois' Dexter,- 



, — David' Tyler,- 
' — Judith . 



LULA MAY FENNO. 



-SamueP Fenno,— 
-Rebecca . 

-James'' Ford,^ 



-Deborah" Badlam,- 



— Samuel* Craft, 

— Hannah Reed. 

— Nathaniel' Stearns,- 



-Eunice' Kenney,- 



— Benjamin^ Fenno, — 
— Mary^ Belcher, — 
— Nathaniel^ Ford,- 
— Hannah-* Pratt, — 



-Samuel' Badlam. 
-Mary'* Phillips,- 



I — Ephraim^ Craft,- 
' — Hannah Reed. 



-Jonathan'' Stearns,- 



-EXPERIENCE'* LlNCOLN,- 



— Josiah'' Kenney,- 
' — Ruth Tower. 



I — John' Fenno. 

' — Rebecca^ Tucker. 

I — Joseph' Belcher. 
I — Rebecca Gill. 

I — Nathaniel^ Ford. 
' — Joanna . 

, — William^ Pratt. 
' — Hannah . 



, — Nichols^ Phillips. 
■' — Mary . 

1 — John^ Craft. 

— Rebecca" Wheelock. 

, — IsAAc^ Stearns. 

' IlLIZABETH . 

I — Samuel^ Lincoln. 
— Experience Briggs. 

I — JONATHAN^ Kenney. 
' — Rebecca . 



-Samuel"* Flint,- 

-Mary Hall. 



-Elisha' Lillie. 
-Huldah' Tilden,- 



-Eleazer* Hawes,- 



-Mary'* Belcher,- 



-Thomas'* West,- 



-Ephraim'* Dexter, 
-Martha Clark. 

-David'* Tyler, 



— John^ Flint, 

—Christian Reed. 

— Thomas'* Tilden,— 
— Lettice'' Turner,-- 
— Obadiah^ Hawes, — 
— Rebecca- Cowen, — 



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I — Edward^ Belcher,- 
' — Mary . 



— Abner^ West,- 
— Jean^ Look, — 



I — Benjamin^ Dexter, 



-Martha Howard. 



-Ebenezer^ Tyler,- 
-Elizabeth . 



|— John= Flint. 

' — Elizabeth - 



I — Thomas' Tilden. 
' — Hannah Mendall. 

I —Thomas' Turner. 
' — Hannah Jenkins. 

I — Obadiah- Hawes. 
'—Mary Humphrey. 

— John' Cowen. 
— Rebecca . 

— Jeremiah^ Belcher. 
—Sarah Weeden. 

— Thomas'^ West. 
— Elizabeth . 



— Thomas^ Look. 

— Elizabeth Bunker. 

— William^ Dexter. 
— ^Sarah Vincent. 

— Moses^ Tyler. 
— Prudence Blake. 



TH K 



WOOLSON-FENNO ANCESTRY 



AND 



ALLIED LINES, 



WITH 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



BY 

LULA MAY (FENNO) WOOLSON 



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CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON, 
Of SPRiNGFrELD, Vermont 




PRIVATELY PRINTED 
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WITH DEEPEST l.OVE AND AFFECTION, THIS VOLUME 

IS DEDICATED TO 

THEIR BELOVED AND ONLY SON, 

AMASA GLENN WOOLSON, 

BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, 

WITH THE SINCERE HOPE THAT IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, 

HE, AND PERCHANCE HIS DESCENDANTS, MAY LEARN 

TO ESTEEM AND CHERISH THIS MEMORIAL, 

NOT ALONE FOR THE LOVE OF ITS 

LABOR, BUT FOR ITS LABOR 

OF LOVE. 



"Honor th^ Father and thy Mother. " 

Exodus XX : 12. 

'■A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote 
ancestors, will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with 
pride by remote descendants. " Macaulay. 



CONTENTS. 



Pedigrees 
Foreword 

WOOLSON 

Fenno 

Baker 

Flint . 

Chase . 

Mason 

Crafts 

West . 

Knight 

Horton 

Haynes 

Phillips 

Hawes 

Tyler 

Upham 

ROBBINS 

Armstrong 

Barney 

cummings 

Gibbons 

Ford . 

Stearns 

LiLLIE 

Dexter 

HOVEY 



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Harriman 

BlXBY . 

Brooks 

Washburn 

Farwell 

Pratt 

Phillips 

Lincoln 

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Mandeli, 

Jenkins 

Humphrey 

Blake 

Vaughan 

Mitchell 

Cooke 

Howlett 

Witt . 

Hunt . 

Learned 

Packard 

Wheeler 

Gould 

Kinsley 

Brackett 

LOVELL 

Wheelock 
A Tribute 
Index . 
Addenda 



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FOREWORD. 



It is with grateful appreciation that we express our thanks to 
the kind friends in St. Louis, Missouri, in Springfield, Ohio, in 
Albany, New York, in Boston, Brookline, Springfield and Weymouth, 
Massachusetts, and in Rutland and Springfield, Vermont, for timely 
and valuable suggestions generously contributed during the half 
a score and more of years in which the material for this little 
volume has been gradually accumulating. 

In submitting its contents for the inspection and perusal of our 
friends and relatives, we trust the reading may prove of interest 
and possibly of inspiration to a continued study of these lines of 
ancestry. Especially do we hope that the lives of those who come 
after us may be enriched by a careful perusal of these memorials 
of our worthy ancestors, and that their living descendants may 
hold in veneration the soil whereon they trod and in whose bosom 
their remains were gathered in our dear New England, and our 
beloved Green Mountain State. 

L. F. W. 

C. A. W. 

November, 1907. 



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WOOLSON. 



Thomas' Woolson, the immigrant ancestor, born about 
1626/7, appeared at Cambridge, Mass., in 1653. He removed 
to Watertown in 1660, where he ever after lived. He mar- 
ried at Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1660, Sarah Hyde, of Cambridge 
Village (Nexvton), Mass. He lived in that part" of ancient 
Watertown then called Watertown Farms (now the town of 
Weston), where he was a large landowner and an innkeeper 
from 1686 to 1708. He was a selectman in 1699, 1700, 1702 
and 1703. He died at Sudbury, April 5, 1713. His will was 
probated April 24, 171 3. His widow Sarah was executrix of 
his estate, and died at Sudbury, Sept. 11, 1721. 

The Bond which he gave in 1690 —a quaint and interesting 
document — shows something of the customs of Colonial times. 
It reads as follows : 

THOMAS WOOLSON'S INDIAN DEED, 1685. 

This Indenture made the one and Twentieth Day of April in 
y- year of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred Eighty and 
ffive and in the first year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord James 
the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance 
and Ireland &c. Between Andrew Petemy and Samuel Owan- 
samug Agents and Attorneys for the Inhabitants of Natick & Has- 
saname Scot \_indexed Hassanamescot] for y^ Sale ordering and 



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disposeing of vacant Lands belonging to y*^ Said Townes on Y o'^s 
pt And Thomas Woolson of Watertowne in the County of Middlesex 
in ye Massachusetts Coloney in New England on the other part witt- 
neseth That the Said Andrew Pettemy and Samuel Owansamug 
as Agents and Attorneys aforesaid Have granted bargained Sold 
aliened and Confirmed and by these p''sents Do fully Clearly & 
absolutely and ffor and in Consideracon of a valueable Sum of 
Money to them in hand at and upon the Signing and delivery of 
these p-'sents by the Said Thomas Woolson well and truly paid 
the receipt whereof we Do hereby acknowledge, and our Selves 
there with fully satisfyed Contented and paid. And thereof and of 
Every part and parcell thereof Do for our Selves and Either of us 
our heires Executor's and adm''s exonerate acquitt & Discharge the 
Said Thomas Woolson his heires Executor's and Administrator's for 
euer by these p''sents Grant bargaine Sell alien and Confirme unto 
ye Said Thomas Woolson a Certaine Tract of Lands lying and be- 
ing Southerly of Marlburroug & in y^ aboue said County of Middle- 
sex Containing by Estimation Two hundred and fifty acres be it 
more or less being butted and bounded as followeth viz* : begining 
at a marked Maple Tree on the South Side of the Riuer that 
boundeth y^ Said Marlburroug & runing West ward unto a pond 
about three hundred Rodds there ending in an acute Tryangle And 
from the Said pond by the Westermost Branch of a Brook runing 
South Easterly about Sixty Rodds unto Two marked Maple Trees 
by the Said Brooke Side and from the Said Two Maple Trees about 
one hundred & eighty Rodds Southerly there making an Angle. 
And from thence running upon an Easterly Line about Two hundred 
Rodds there makeing an Angle and from thence upon a Northerly 
line runing through a Cedar Swamp unto y^ first Named Maple 
Tree by the Side of the Riuer Two hundred and forty Rodds. To 
Have and To Hold all and Singular the hereby granted Tract 
of Lands Containing by Estimacon Two hundred and fifty Acres 
be it more or less, butted and bounded as aforesaid, with all and 
every the rights Members privilidgis and appurtenances whatsoever 
any manner of wayes belonging and appertaining unto all or any p* 
or pr'cell thereof Unto y^ Said Thomas Woolson his heires Executo" 
Adm"^^ and Assignes for Ever And the Said Andrew Pittemy and 



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Samuel Owansamug and Every of them for them Selves theire 
heires Executo's and Adm" Do Covenant promise and grant by 
these p^sents To and with the Said Thomas Woolson his heires 
Executo-'s Adm-'s and Assignes in manner and form following, Viz' : 
That he y^ Said Thomas Woolson his heires Execuf^ Adm-'s & as- 
signes and Every of them Shall and may by force of these p-'sents 
from time to time and at all times here after Lawfully peaceably 
and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy all and Singu- 
lar the hereby granted Tract of Lands with all and Every the rights 
members priviledges and appurtenances as aforesaid to his and 
theire own proper use and behoofe for Euer without any Lawfull 
Lett Suit trouble Denyall Molestation or disturbance of them the 
Said Andrew Pettemy and Samuell Owassamugg or either of them 
theire or either of theire means act Consent Title Interests privily 
or pvocurent Or from any other Lawfull Indian or Indians Title 
whatsoever. Also that the hereby granted p''imeses and every part 
and parcell thereof at the time of y^ ensealing and delivery of these 
p-'sents are free and clear or otherwise by the Said Andrew Pettemy 
and Samuell Owansumug theire heires Executors Adm-"* or Assignes 
from time to time and at all times hereafter Shall be Sufficiently 
Saved and kept harmless of and from all and all manner of former 
and other gifts grants bargaines Sales had made Comitted Suffered 
Omitted or Done by them or either of them or by theire or either of 
theire Means or procurement, as also to Save and keep harmless 
from all Lawfull Indian or Indians Title and Interest whatsoever, 
ffurther more Shall and will at and upon the reasonable request 
and at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of the Said 
Thomas Woolson his heires Exec"^^ Adm-'s & Assignes Do pi'forme 
acknowledge Leavie Execute or Cause to be made Done pi'formed 
Acknowledged Leavied and Executed all and every Such further 
Lawfull and Reasonable Act & Acts thing and Things Devise and 
Devises and conveyances whatsoever for the more p-'fect assurance 
Suretie Sure making and Conveying of all and Singular the hereby 
Granted p''mises in manner and form aforesaid unto y^ Said Thomas 
Woolson his heires Exec""^ Adm"'^ & Assignes. 

In Wittness Whereof the said Andrew Pettemy and Samuell 
Owansamugg have hereunto Sett theire hands and Seals the Day 



12 Ancestral Lines. 

and Year above written. Interlined before Signing Sealing & 
Delivering (belonging to) between y*^ 2d and 3d lines & (acres) be- 
tween y^ 14th & 15th Lines. 

Signed Sealed and Delivered in y<^ pi'sence of 

Thomas Brown ) t , ,, 

\ John Parmeter 

James Barnard ) 

The mark of Andrew Pettemy & a Seal 
The mark of Sam"-'- Owansamug & a Seal 

The Grantors had Liberty from y^ Hon'^i Generall Court to Sell 
the Grantee this Land which Liberty was granted at the Generall 
Comt May : 27th : 1685 : as may appear by Record : 

This Deed was freely acknowledged by Andrew Pittemey and 

Sam" Owansamugg Agents and Attorneys for the rest of y^ Indians 

Concerned in open Court at Natick the loth of June: 1685: 

Before me 

Dan'-I' Gookin Sen"" Assisia?it 

* The mark of Thomas Tray 
The mark of Jacob Jumpque 
The mark of So Somett 
The mark of Hasasome 

All these men above named who have put theire hands to this 
paper appeared before me in the Court at Natick y*^ loth of June 
1685 : and freely Consented unto this Deed of Sale within Ex- 
pressed. Before me 

Daniel Gookin Sen"" Assistant. 

Charlestown : March: 5lh 1702. Reed 
and accordingly Entered : By 

Sam'-l Phipps Reg^ 
(Recorded in Middlesex Deeds, vol. xiii : p. 361.) 

* The marks noted are omitted on the Record. 



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THOMAS WOOLSON'S RECOGNIZANCE, gru MAY, 1690. 

Memorandum: Tiiat on y^ nineth day of May Anno Domini Six- 
teen hundred and Ninety in y^ Second Year of y^ Reign of our 
Soveraign Lord and Lady William and Mary by y^ Grace of God, 
of England flfrance and Ireland King and Queen Defenders of y^ 
ffaitli &c : Before y= County Court at Charlestowne by Adjournm' 
from Cambridge April i6th last past, Dan'.'. Willard of Sudbury 
in said County and David Church of Watertowne in ye County of 
Mid^i-^ afores^ as Suerties — became bound each of them in y« 
Summ of five pounds apiece Current money of New England and 
Thomas Woolson of Water Towne in the County beforesaid Prin- 
ciple for himselfe in y^ penall Sum of Ten pounds in like money of 
New England, w^h they do acknowledge themselves to ow, and stand 
justly indebited jointly and severally to our Soveraign Lord & and 
[s/^] Lady William and Mary by y^ Grace of God King and Queen 
of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland, Defenders of ye ffaith as 
aforesaid, theire heires and successors, to be Levied on theire goods 
and Chattells Lands and Tenements ^ 

The Condition of this Recognisance is such, that whereas Thomas 
Woolson abovebound is admitted and allowed by ye said Court to 
Keep a Common Publick House of Entertainment and to use Com- 
mon Selling of Wine Ale Beer Syder Rum Brandy and other Liquors 
for ye year ensueing in ye now Dwelling House of said Thomas 
Woolson '^ 

If therefore ye said Thomas Woolson during ye said terme or 
time, shall not p-'mitt, suiTer or have any playing at Cards Dice, 
Tables, Bowls Nine Finns Billiards or any other unlawfull game or 
games in his said house, or yard, Garden or Backsides, nor shall 
Suffer to be or remain in his house any p^^son or pi^sons not being of 
his own familie on Satur Day nights after it is Dark or on ye Sab- 
bath Dales, or in ye time of Gods Publick Worship therein, Nor 
shall entertain as Lodgers in his house any strangers. Men or 
Women above ye Space of forty Eight hours but such whose 
names and s"" names he shall deliver to some one of ye Select Men 
or Constables of ye Towne unless they be such as he very well 
knoweth and will answer for his or theire forth Comeing, Nor shall 



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sell any Wine or Liquors in any wise to any Indians or Negros, 
nor suffer any Children or Servants or any other pi'son to remain in 
his house Tipling or r3rinking after Nine of y*^ Clock in y^ Night time, 
Nor shall buy or take to Pawn any stoUen goods, nor willingly or 
knowingly harbour in his house, Barn stable or otherwhere any 
Rogues Vagabonds Theives or sturdy Beggers, Masterless men or 
women or other Notorious offenders whatsoever Nor shall Suffer 
any p^'son or p'^sons whatsoever to sell or utter any Wine Beer 
Ale Syder Brandy Rum or other Liquors by Deputation, or by 
Colour of his Licence, Nor shall entertain any pi^son or p''sons of 
whom he shall be prohibited by law, or any of y^ Magistrates of 
said County as p''sons of an idle conversation and given to Tipling. 
And shall also keep y^ true assize and Measure in his pott^ Bread 
and otherwise in uttering of any Wine Beer Ale Syder Rum 
Brandy Rum or other Liquors & y^ Same sell by sealed Measure, 
and in his said house shall use and maintain good order & Rule 
and is and shall be well provided w"^ Sufficient houseing and Two 
Beds at y^ Least for Entertainment of strangers and Travailers. 
And shall attend y*^ Laws and orders of Courts referring to y^ \\\\- 
ployment. Then this present Recognisance to be void, else to be 
and stand in full power strength & vertue. In wittness whereof 
they have hereunto sett theire hands and seals the day and year 
above written. 



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Signed, sealed &c. in y^ pJ'sence of Thomas Woollson 

Nathan'i Goodwin. Daniel Willard 

Henry Somers David Church 

WILL OF THOMAS WOOLSON OF WESTON, 1708. 

3^n tl)C l^amc of (0otJ Slmcn. I Thomas Woollson of Watertown 
Farm"^s in y^ County of Midd^'^ in New Englan'' Being being \jic\ in 
a Comfortable Measure of Helth & in Sound & Disposing Memory 
praise be Given to God for the same, Do make this my Last Will & 
Testement In Mann'" & forme as followeth : That is to say first 
& principaly I Resign my Soul into y"^ Mercyfull Hands of Almighty 



Woo Is on, I c 

God my Creator Assuredly Hopeing through ye Merritts of my 
blessed Saviour to Obtain y" free pardon of all my SinnscSc a blessed 
Resurrection to Life & Hapyness : And my body I Committ to y^ 
Earth whence it was Taken to be Decently buryed at y^ Discretion 
of my Executrex Herein after Named & as For y^ worldly Goods & 
Estate ye Lord Hath Lent me ; I Dispose therof as Follows : 

Imprims . I Qiye ^ Bequeath unto ray Eldest son Thomas WooU- 
son all That my Farme of Two Hundred & fifty acres of Land W^^ 
I bought of M"- Richard Norcross in ye Month of June One Thou- 
sand Six Hundred Seventy & Two as it is bounded in ye Deed 
of sale Then to me Given under his hand & seal be ye same More 
or Less. Also a part of that farme which I bought of Jn° Coolledg 
& Richard Coolledg on ye 2sth Day of T)e&^ 1694 at ye North- 
east^ly Corn-- thereof togather with all ye Houses edifices buildings 
Barnes cSr Fences & priviledges theron & therto belonging. To 
Have & to Hold to him his heires and assines forever. Also all my 
wareing apparell which I Leave undisposed of at my Decease & in 
Consideration of ye Continual Helps which from time to time I 
have afforded to my s'^ son, in Money, Cattell & Provisions w^h are 
not herein Mententioned {sk) Definietly, I hereby Declare & Intend 
that ye aboves^i P-'ticulars now given togather with what I have 
Done before Shall be in full of all his part & portion of my Estate 
both Real and personall 

And for ye [torn] encouragement of my son as above named to 
Manage his affairs Dureing my Life I have Given Him a Deed 
of all ye above Mentioned Lands & housing Bareing even Date with 
these pi^sents in w^^ ye Lands above Mentioned are butted bounded 
and Discribed, Refferance therto being had; all s^ Lands Lyeth 
in ye West P''cinct of s^ Waftown. 

Ite)>i. I Give & beqaeath unto my Dutyfull son Joseph Woollson 
all my Housing barns Lands Medows & Rights which I have in 
ye West Precinct of s^ Waftown which is not conteined in ye Deed 
above mentioned to my son Thomas Woollson or Other Waies Law- 
fully Disposed of by Deed of Guift or Sale. To Have and To Hold 
to hime his Heires & Assines for ever. Excepting Only Coneniancy 
of House Roome In my Now Dwelling house which I Reserve to ye 
use & Comfort of Sarah my beloved wife During ye Term of her 



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Naturall Liffe & at y*^ Expi[r]ation thcrof to Return to my son 
Joseph as y^ Rest to him bequeathed in full of his part & portion 
of all my Real & person all Estate 

Item. I Give & bequeath unto my Dutyfull Daughters Sarah 
Bond, Elizabeth How & Mary Jones Five pounds apeice to be paid 
to them in or as Money within six Months after my Decease by my 
Executrix Herein aff names w^'* togather with what they have Al- 
ready had shall be in full of all their Part & Portion in my Estate 
both Real & P-'sonall. 

And all y^ Rest cSj Residue of my Estate of Rights Creditts 
Good & Chattels & Money Not herein before bequeathed or Dis- 
posed of after my Debts [are] paid & funerall Charges Defrayd, I 
Do Give & bequeath unto my Dear & Loving Wife Sarah Woollson 
whom I Do make sole executrex of this my Last Will & Testement 
Revoking all other Wills by me here to fore made. In Wittness 
WHEROF I have Herunto Sett my hand & seal this Sixth Day of 
December in y^ year of our Lord God One Thousand seven hun- 
dred and Eight 



^T^ 





natvcxiO >yoywon. 



Signed Sealed & Published, 
in y^ P''sents of 

Josiah Jones 
Era : FuUam 
James Jones 

MiDD'^: Cambridge, April 24, 17 13. 

This withinwritten containing one Side was exhibited by Sarah y^ 
Widow & Executrix therein nominated as the Last Will & Testa- 
ment of her Late Husband Thomas Woolson of Watertown, West- 
ern Presinct, calld now y^^ Town of Weston, in this County of 
Middlesex Deed & the Three Wittnesses Josiah Jones, P'ra: Fullam 
& James Jones were there present & made oath that they see [saw] 



Woo/son. 1 7 

y^ s^^ Testator sign & seal & heard him declare y-' within written to 
be his Last Will cS^ Testam* & yt then he was of disposing mind & 
y' They all sat to their hands as wittnesses in his Presence & this 
Will is proved, approved & allowed & the adniincon thereof com- 
mitted to ye above s^ Sarah to fullfill the same accordingly & to 
give Bond to pay the Debts & Legacies. In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of y^ Court of Probate. 

By Fra : Foxcroft, //u/ge of Probate <b^c for Middlesex. 

Joseph^ Woolson, son of Thomas,' was born at Watertown, 
Nov. i6, 1677; clicd at Weston, May 16, 1755. He married 

Hannah , who died at Weston, April 30, 1721. He seems 

to have inherited the W^oolson homestead in Weston, and to 
have occupied the same house with his father and mother in 
their old age. He was called Ensign Joseph Woolson, and 
had the care of the meeting-house at Weston in 1746. 

WILL OF JOSEPH WOOLSON OF WESTON, 1751. 

3fn X\)t J^amc of (0oft amen. I Joseph Woolson of Weston in the 
County of Middlesex in his Majesties Province of the Massachu- 
setts Bay in New England Husbandman Being infirm of body but 
of sound Disposing mind Do make & ordain this my last Will & 
Testement : First Committing my Soul to God through Jesus Christ 
Depending upon his merrits alone for pardon & salvation. And 
my body to be Buried at the Discretion of my Executor herein after 
named in hopes of a Resurrection to a Blessed Immortality. And 
as to my Temporal Estate which God hath given me I Dis^Dose of 
it as followeth : 

Imprimis, I will that all my Debts & funeral Charges be Duly 
paid. 

Item, I Give & bequeath to my son Joseph Woolson all my Lands 
And buildings Lying on the South Side of the Great Countery Road 
in Weston s^ road leadeth from Weston to Sudbury — with all the 
priviledges and comodities & apurtinances their unto or in any wise 
belonging to him my s'^ son Joseph Woolson, his heirs & assigns for 
Ever, 



1 8 Ancestral Lines. 

Item, I Give & bequeath to my Grand Son Ephrim Woolson all 
my Lands Lying on the North Side of the Great Countery road in 
Weston (s^ road Leadeth from Weston to Sudbury) with all the 
Priviledges, Cofnodities & apurtanancies their unto or in any wise 
belonging to him my s^ Grand Son Ephraim Woolson, his heirs & 
assigns for Ever, Excepting Thirty three acres, be the same more or 
less as it is hereafter bounded. Northerly with the land of Joseph 
Woolson the Northerly line begins at the northwesterly Corner of s'^ 
land at the west end of a stone wall near the Town way & so r'ns 
Easterly as the wall now Stands on the southerly side of s^ wall to the 
Easterly End their of to a Stake & Stones near the meadow & thence 
Easterly five rods to a Stake & Stones ; And Thence the same course 
[italics interlined] to the land of [William Smith " obliterated " in the 
original], John Walker, Easterly by the Land of John Walker, south- 
erly with the land of William Smith, Westerly with a Town way. 

Item, I Give & bequeath to my four Daughters viz Mary, Han- 
nah, Thankful & Beulah, the thirty three acres of land abovemen- 
tioned as it is bounded be it more or less, with all the Priviledges 
& appurtanences to the same appertaining or in any wise belonging 
to them their heirs & assigns for Ever. 

Item, I Give & Bequeath to my four Daughters viz Mary, Han- 
nah, Thankful & Beulah all my movable Estate within Doors or 
household stuff that I shall Leave undisposed of with that which I 
have given them at their marriage in full of all their portions of all 
my Estate both real & personal. 

Item, I Give & Bequeath to my Grand Son Ephraim Woolson all 
my bills bonds or notes of hand for bills of Credit or lawfull money. 
My will is that if my s'^ Grand Son Ephraim Woolson shall not Live 
to the age of one & Twenty years, nor marry before that age. That 
then my Son Joseph & my four Daughters viz Mary, Hannah, 
ThankfuU & Beulah Shall have the lands herein given to my Grand 
Son Ephraim Woolson To them their heirs & assigns for Ever. 

Itetn, I give & bequeath to my Son Joseph all my Husbandry 
utensils &c and all my cloaths. My will is that my Son Joseph shall 
pay the one half of all my Debts and funeral Charges. My will is 
that my Grand Son Ephraim Woolson shall pay the other half of all 
my debts & funeral Charges. 



Woo Is on. 



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I do appoint & Constitute my Son Joseph Woolson Executor of 
this my last will Recommending all my Children to the favour & 
blessing of a Gracious God. I have confirmed this my last will 
Disannulling And Revoking all others. This Twenty seventh of 
November 175 1. And in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our 
Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain, &c. 



Signed sealed and Declared to 
be the Last Will & Testement of 
Joseph Woolson afores*^ in the 
Presence of us the subscribers 
Witnesses 

Benjamin Harrington 
Jonas Harrington Ju'' 
John Mirick Jun"" 



Memorandum : The obliteration 
in the thirty first & thirty second 
lines from the top, also the inter- 
line which words are the same 
course, was before signing & 
sealin< 



t5' 




BOND. 

The Bond of Joseph Woolson, gentleman, Benjamin Harring- 
ton, yeoman, and John Myrick, Jun., blacksmith, all of Weston, 
to settle the estate of Mr. Joseph Woolson, late of Weston, 
deceased, was filed June 30, 1755. 

The Inventory of his personal estate was taken at Weston, 
April I, 1756, among the items of which were the following: 



One bond of Sybil Woolson, dated Mch 25, 1748, . . 
Note of Ebenezer King, dated Dec. 5, 1754, .... 
Bond of Eber King & Isaac Cutting, Dec. 5, 1754, . . 
Note of Sybil Woolson, emitted 1741, dated Nov. 1 1, 1747 
Note of Asa Woolson, dated Nov. 22, 1753, .... 
Received whole of his Note Dec. i, 1754, except . . 



£8s- 0-0 
^4— 9—4 

£^~ 0-0 

^26 — 10— o 
£7- 6-8 



* The obliterated words are in brackets, and " the .'^ame course " inserted in 
the text, in italics, as printed above, p. i8. 



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Joseph^ Woolson, son of Joseph,^ was born at Watertown 
(now Weston), Dec. 13, 1699; died at Maiden, Mass., Nov. 3, 
1766. lie does not seem to have left a will. He married (i) 
at Maiden, Oct. 6, 1726, Elizabeth Upham, of Maiden, who died 
about 1760. After his father's death, in 1755, he removed to 
Maiden, where he spent the last years of his life. He was 
chosen constable at Weston, 1761. He married (2), Nov. 3, 
1761, Mrs. Grace Gregory. He gave a deed of his pew in the 
meeting-house in Weston, Aug. 8, 1764. (Middlesex Deeds, 
vol. Ixii : p. 396.) 

AsA'' Woolson, son of Joseph^ by his first marriage, was 
born at Weston, July 23, 1727; died at Lunenburg, Mass., 
about 1789. He was baptized at Weston, July 30, 1727, and 
was admitted to the church there March 11, 1753. He was 
dismissed and recommended to that in Lunenburg, Dec. 16, 
1770. He married at Weston, June i, 1762, Elizabeth Knight, 
daughter of Ebenezer Knight, of Woburn, Weston and Lunen- 
burg. He bought land in Lunenburg of James Gordon in 
1766. Elizabeth Woolson, administratrix of his estate, deeded 
nineteen acres of land in Lunenburg to Asa Woolson, her son, 
March 24, 1791. (Worcester Deeds, vol. cxii : p. 463.) 






Asa5 Woolson, son of Asa,-* was born at Townsend, Mass., 
Feb. 4, 1767 ; died at Grafton, Vt., Sept. 22, 1826. He mar- 
ried at Templeton, Mass., Jan. 3, 1793, Anna Chase. She 
was born at Templeton, Nov. 3, 1771, and died at Springfield, 
Vt., Nov. 27, 1857. 




ANNA CHASE. 

(Mrs. ASA WOOLSON). 



Woo Is on. 2 1 

Amasa^ Woolson, son of Asa,5 was born at Grafton, Vt., 
Aug. 6, i8ri; died at Springfield, Vt., Jan. ii, 1891. He 
married (i), Jan. 15, 1838, Mary Lancaster Davidson, who died 
in 1862. He married (2), at Manchester, Vt., July i, 1863, 
Mary Eliza Baker, who died at Springfield, July 29, 1902. 
For nearly fifty years Mr. Woolson was identified with the 
business and religious life of Springfield, and its educational, 
social and business prosperity and advancement. From 1S57 
to 1 89 1 he was a deacon of the Congregational Church of 
Springfield, and it was largely through his liberality that the 
society has so fine a house of worship. 

Mr. Woolson was president of the First National Bank of 
Springfield, of the Parks & Woolson Machine Co., and of the 
Jones & Lamson Machine Co. until his death. He repre- 
sented his town in the Vermont Legislature in 1856 and 1857, 
having been the unanimous choice of the citizens. 

At the age of fourteen he began to work in the manu- 
facture and finishing of woolen cloths, and for more than 
twenty years was engaged in inventing and manufacturing 
machinery. His long practical experience in using cloth-finish- 
ing machinery suggested to him many needed improvements, 
and prepared him to give a progressive impetus to the already 
well-established business. 

His first improvement was in the manner of saving the lists 
of the cloth while shearing, of itself a most important im- 
provement. This led to other and more valuable inventions, 
until he finally perfected his unrivaled " Thirty Edge Perpet- 
ual Shearing Machine with Self-operating List Guards," — 
a machine capable of shearing from three thousand to four 
thousand yards of cloth per day, or more than twice as much 
as any other in the world, and at the same time doing the work 
in a better manner, and with less cost to operate it. 

For the invention of these machines, and for many improve- 
ments on other machinery, Mr. Woolson took out eight differ- 



22 Ancestral Lines. 

ent patents, and was awarded seven premiums of gold, silver 
and bronze medals at Fairs held in Boston, New York and 
Philadelphia. These improvements and his vigilant personal 
oversight of the business of the companies in which Mr. Wool- 
son was interested, increased their business from five to ten- 
fold during his connection with them. 

For many years his company gave constant employment to 
a good number of skilled workmen, to whose faithfulness in 
producing the finished work much of the company's prosperity 
was due. These men were a most desirable class, joining in 
no *' strikes," and with the proprietors contributed largely to 
the material, moral, religious and educational prosperity of 
Springfield. 

In 1879 Mr. Woolson retired from active business on ac- 
count of failing health, caused by too long and close applica- 
tion in making and patenting improvements to secure busi- 
ness for his company. Unable to lay down business cares 
completely, however, he became instrumental in transferring 
from Windsor, Vt., to Springfield, the plant of the Jones & 
Lamson Machine Company, in which he held an active interest 
up to the time of his death, when in the eightieth year of his 
age he was called from the cares of an active business life to 
that peace that passeth understanding. (See " A Tribute of 
Love," infra) 

The Vermont Missionary contained the following tribute to 
Deacon Woolson : 

The Springfield church is bereaved in the death of Deacon Aniasa 
Woolson, for forty-three years a member and for more than twenty- 
three years an honored and faithful office-bearer. Diligent and suc- 
cessful in business, he honored the Lord with his substance and in 
his public and private life. . . . Quiet in manner, well balanced in 
mind, of sterling integrity, he was equally respected, whether seen 
in his home, in the prayer-meeting, at the gathering of the General 
Convention, in his machine-shop, or as president of a bank. He 





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was always and everywhere a true man, a consistent Christian, and 
a lover of that which is good. His gifts for benevolent objects 
were frequent and liberal. His funeral services were conducted by 
his pastor, the Rev. E. S. Pressy, assisted by the Rev, R. L. Bruce 
of the Methodist Church. 

His personal friend, the late Rev. L. H. Cobb, D. D., Sec- 
retary of the American Board, wrote of him for the Cono-rc 
tionalist : 



^s ''^gn- 



Amasa Woolson. 

A pillar of strength has been taken from the Congregational 
churches in Vermont in general, and from the Springfield church in 
particular, in the removal by death on the nth of January, 1S9J, of 
Deacon Amasa Woolson. Months of illness have foreshadowed 
this issue. His well-grounded trust in the Son of God precluded 
fear. He knew in whom he believed. Mr. Woolson was the last 
man to put himself forward, or take the first step for his own emolu- 
ment. Yet few of the strong men in our Vermont churches will be 
missed more than he. He was a regular, generous and intelligent 
giver to all branches of our Congregational work, and not a little 
beyond that. It would have been hard to ascertain which of all 
our benevolent societies stood first in his estimation. He was not 
only a discriminating reader, but a student of the work of all of 
them. The American Board stood high because of the broad scope 
of its work. Home Missions, whether in Vermont or the whole 
country, had a warm place, because they were Home Missions. 
He made himself long ago, and I know not how many of his pas- 
tors, life members or directors of the Bible Society. 

Many a college president has gone from his home or office rejoic- 
ing. Seldom was a worthy applicant sent away empty-handed. 
Beyond all this, the centre of his benevolent and spiritual interest 
was the home church in Springfield, Vt., of which he became a 
member September 5, 1847. On the 2Sth of June, 1867, he was 
elected deacon. Anything he could do in the prayer-meeting, the 
Sunday-school, or to aid his pastor, was always a pleasure. If sent, 
as he frequently was, with his pastor, to represent his church, or 



24 Ancestral Lines. 

the Vermont Convention, in national or local Councils, his uniform 
habit was to buy tickets for two. Did the house of worship need 
repairing and enlarging, as in 1868, he and his business partner, 
the late Frederick Parks, would pay $10,000 of the $14,000 needed. 
As a business man, he was the embodiment of honor ; hence his 
success. Beyond all else, his life centered in his home. No mat- 
ter how busy, every day began with Bible reading and prayer. 
This was the ground of unbounded confidence. It gave him power 
with business men far away and near. It gave him estates to 
settle ; a bank presidency with many other financial responsibilities. 
Yet the last thing this good man would have coveted, or in any way 
sought, would have been the honor which those who knew him best 
will bestow on his memory. 

Mary Eliza (Baker) Woolson. 

Upon her marriage with Mr. Amasa Woolson, Mary Eliza 
Baker removed to Springfield where she resided for nearly 
forty years. Her whole life was filled with words of sympathy 
and helpfulness and with deeds of kindness and works of char- 
ity. By those who knew her best she was loved as a friend, 
worthy of all their confidence and affection. By those who 
witnessed the example and influence of her life she was re- 
spected and loved as a true Christian woman. Disliking all 
ostentation, quietly and unobtrusively she lived her Christian 
life, giving generously of her abundance to supply the needs of 
those who were less fortunate. What she did to relieve suffer- 
ing and distress cannot be told because it was not recorded. 
Her influence cannot be measured, for such a life defies and 
transcends all human estimates. Those who came close to her 
learned to feel that the secret of her character was manifested 
in her implicit faith and deeply rooted trust in God, which found 
beautiful expression and left an abiding influence upon her 
daily life. She was one who could say with growing assur- 
ance : " I know how to live with God." 




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Feiino. J 25 

Charles Amasa7 Woolson, son of Amasa,^ was born at 
Springfield, Vt., Jan. 12, 1870; married at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
Jan. 21, 1890, Lula May Fenno, of St. Johnsbury. Issue: 

i. Marguerite Estein.^ b. and d. March 20, 1894. 
ii. Amasa Glenn,s b. Feb. 4, 1896. 



FENNO. 

John' Fenno, probably a native of Lancashire, England, 
was born about 1629. He first appears in New England at 
Dorchester about 1660. In 1660 he was granted twenty acres 
of land at " Unquitie," that part of ancient Dorchester which 
is now the town of Milton. The Dorchester records read as 
follows : " We have laid out and staked the way two rodd 
and halfe broad, from the meeting-house at Unquitie, from 
John Gill's land and Robert Redman's land to John Fenno's 
house leading to the way to the Blue Hills." At or about the 
same time the town of Dorchester granted " 68 acres of land 
in Unquity" to Rebecca Fenno. As John Fenno married 
Rebecca" Tucker before 1661, it seems probable that the 
Rebecca Fenno who received the gi-ant of land was his wife. 
On Aug. 12, 1683, Rebecca Fenno, "Senior," was admitted 
to the church in Milton. The wife of John Fenno then had 
a daughter named Rebecca who was twenty-one years of age. 

There was a "Rebecca ffenner," aged twenty-five, who came 
to New England in 1635, in the Truelove. No evidence has 
been found that she was, or was not, the mother of John Fenno 
of Milton. 

That Rebecca Fenno who died at Milton, June 12, 1690, is 
described on the Milton town records as " the wife of John 
Fenno," and her age at death is not recorded, as stated in the 
" History of the Page Platter," p. 5. Robert' Tucker of Mil- 
ton made his will March 7, 168 1/2, in which he bequeathed 
" to my daughter Rebecca Fenno." This must be conclusive 



26 Ancestral Lines. 

proof of the identity of that Rebecca Fenno who lived in Mil- 
ton from 1660 to 1690, who was called at her death "the wife 
of John Fenno." 

John Fenno was a farmer, as were a majority of the first 
settlers. He erected his house in Milton as early as 1660, and 
lived on the old road leading to the Blue Hills. One of the 
Blue Hills, called Fenno Hill, perpetuated the name of this 
family until recently changed by the Metropolitan Park Com- 
mission to Kitchamakin Hill. 

John Fenno appears as one of the Milton soldiers in King 
Philip's War. He was enrolled at Dedham in Capt. Isaac 
Johnson's company, Dec. 10, 1675, and was credited for his ser- 
vices \^s.\/^d., April 24, 1676. (Bodge's "Soldiers in King 
Philip's War," pp. 161, 162, 369.) It seems probable that he 
was in the Narragansett or Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675. 

He died at Milton, April 7, 1708, aged 79 years, and his 
will, made a few years before his death, when aged and infirm, 
reads as follows : 

THE WILL OF JOHN FENNO OF MILTON, 1702. 

2fn tbe JQamc of 0olJ Slmcn: The [ ] day of August Anno 

Dom' one thousand seaven hundred and Two, In the First Yeare of 
the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queen Ann over England &c : 
I John Fenno Sen"" of Milton in the County of Suffolke within the 
Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being 
in good bodily health and of sound and perfect mind and memory 
praised be Almighty God for y^ same. Knowing the uncertainty of 
this p''sent Life and being Desireous to settle that outward Estate 
the Lord hath lent me, Doe therefore make and ordaine This my 
Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following : 

That is to say First and principally I commend my Soule into y*^ 
hands of Almighty God my Creatour, hopeing to recieve full par- 
don and Remission of all my Sins and Salvation through the alone 
Merritts of Jesus Christ my Redem"" And my Body to the Earth to be 
decently Interred according to y*^ Discretio of my Execute* herein 
after named. 



Fenno. 



27 



And as touching such Worldly Estate [as] the Lord hath Lent 
me My Will and meaneing is the same shall be Imployed & be- 
stowed as hereafter in and by this my Will is expresst. hereby Re- 
voakeing renounceing and makeing Null and void all wills and Tes- 
taments by me heretofore made, declareing and appointing this to 
be my last Will & Testam*. 

iMpKs : After my just debts and funeral expenses are payd and 
Satisfyed I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath unto my Son 
John Fenno of Milton afores'^ And to his heires and assignes 
Forever the House & Land now in his owne Occupacon lying in 
Milton afores<^ Together with all my Common rights whatsoev"" 
in Upland Swamp & Meadow as well Divided as undivided in 
and throughout the bounds & Limitts of Dorchester in New Eng- 
land afores^. 

Ite77i : I doe hereby also Give Devise and bequeath unto my s*^ 
Son John Fenno, and to his heires and assignes forever all my Salt 
Meadow Lying in Dorchesf in the County afores'^, by the River 
neare Goodman Tileston's, bounded east by the Land of Ezra Clap 
and westerly by the Land of Thomas Pearce. And one third part 
(the whole to be Divided in three Equall parts both for quantity 
and quality) of all that Meadow which I Formerly bought of 
Anthony Culliver Lying in Milton afores'^. And one Full third part 
of my Farme Lying att Puncapauge in Dorchest"^ afores*^ which I 
purchased of the Clapps : That is to say of the meadow Upland and 
Swamp thereof both for quantity & quality ; Together with all my 
Estate in Lands Lying in Lancashire within the Realme of England 
or the Effects thereof if sold. 

Item : Unto my Son Benjaman Fenno and to his heires and As- 
signes forever I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath all my house- 
ing & Land in Milton afores'^ whereupon I Now Dwell And One 
full half part (the whole in two Equall parts in quantity & quality 
to be divided) of the Salt Meadow I purchased of Caleb Hobart 
lying in Milton afores^. And One Full third part both for quantity 
and quality of all that meadow I bought of Anthony Gulliver as 
afores^. Together with One Full third part of the afores^ ffarme I 
bought of ye Clapps : That is to say of the Meadow Upland and 
Swamp thereof both for quantity and quality. 



28 Ancestral Lines. 

Item: Unto my Son Ephraim Fenno and to his heires and as- 
signes forever I doe hereby Give devise and bequeath all that my 
Tract of Land in Milton afores^ Lying betwixt the land of Ebene- 
zer Warring & y^ Land of Daniel Preston. And Four Acres of 
Meadow in the Blue Hills meadow soe called lying in Dorchester 
afores^. And the other half of y^ afores^ Meadow (both for quantity 
& quality) [which] I bought of y^ beforenamed Caleb Hobart. 
And the remaining Third part (both for quantity & quality) of the 
afores^ Meadow [which] I bought of the afores'^ Anthony Gulliver, 
Together w"^ ye remaining third part of my afores"^ Farme pur- 
chased of y^ s*^ Clapps To witt of meadow Upland and Swamp 
thereof both for quantity & quality. 

Ite7n: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Fifty 
pounds in money ; haveing already given unto my other two daugh- 
ters namely Rebecca and Mary Fifty pounds in money apiece, as 
their portions of my estate/*^ 

Item : Whereas my Son Joseph Fenno formerly Went to Can- 
nada in an Expedition ag* the then common Enemy Since which 
Time I have not heard of him. Now if it happen that my Son 
Returns home to New England againe then and in such case it is 
my Will & I doe hereby ordaine order and appoint my other three 
Sons abovenamed to pay out of my Estate I have herein before 
given them unto their said Brother Joseph the summe of Thirty 
pounds in money apiece to witt ninety pounds in the whole. 

Item : I doe hereby Constitute and appoint my said Sons John 
Fenno, Benj^ Fenno & Ephraim Fenno of Milton afores'^ to be 
executo^ of this my Last Will and Testament. In Testimony 
WHEREOF I have hereunto Sett my hand & Scale the day & yeare 
first abovewritten. 



Signed sealed published & declared 
by the said John Fenno Sen'' as his 
last Will & Testamt in p'^sence of 
us 

George Sumner 
Henry Glover 
Ephraim Tucker 
Examined pr. P. Dudley, Regr 



John Fenno i his mark. 




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Femto. 2Q 

Probate of the Will of John Fenno late of Milton, husbandman, 
deceased, was granted unto his three sons John, Benj? & Ephraim 
Fenno, the executors, May i, 1708, by Isaac Addington, Esqr. 
Judge of Probate. 

After the will was made, and while the testator was aHve, 
Elizabeth Fenno received her portion of ^50 on May ii[ 
1704. The Inventory of the personal estate of John Fenno 
was taken April 30, 1708, amounting to ^59 : 4^-. 

The Fenno Platter, 1688. 
Rebecca Fenno (1662-1741) the eldest child of John and 
Rebecca (Tucker) Fenno owned a platter on which her initials 
are engraved. From whom she received it is unknown, but it 
is supposed to have been a gift from some near friend who 
brought it from England. Its descent for more than two 
hundred years is well authenticated and is as follows : 

Rebecca Fenno married Dependence French . . . 1688 

Their daughter Elizabeth French married Samuel Vinton . 1720 

Their daughter Hannah Vinton married David Linfield . 1749 

Their daughter Hannah Linfield married William Curtis . 1781 

Their daughter Deborah Curtis married Samuel Page . 18 12 

Their daughter Hannah Page married Edward Cole . . 187 1 

Their niece Adela Page married Edward Thorne . . 1870 

Their daughter Mabel Thorne married Willard Wright . 1897 

Their daughter Dorothy Wright possesses the platter . 1907 

The platter bears the initials of all its owners from Re- 
becca Fenno to Dorothy Wright and has come down through 
the female line. If Rebecca Fenno was not herself the original 
owner, we may assume that she inherited it from her mother, 
Rebecca Tucker, or from one of her grandmothers. 

As there were no factories in New England for manufactur- 
ing metal goods during the first hundred years and no skilled 
workers in precious metals, it seems probable that this vener- 



30 Amcstral Lines. 

able heirloom was brought from England. In 1630 Francis 
Higginson of London made out a "catalogue of such needful 
things as every planter doth or ought to provide to go to New- 
England, viz. household impliments, one iron-pot, one kettle, 
one frying-pan, one grid-iron, two skillets, platters, dishes, 
spoons, trenchers," etc. We wonder if this venerable Fenno 
platter came at Francis Higginson's suggestion. Certain we 
are that it was wrought by hand, and hammered out and 
shaped by an expert silversmith — one who must have been 
trained to hammer metal into shape with wonderful precision. 
The arms which it bears are a modern addition, and have no 
reference to the Fenno family. 

Benjamin^ Fenno, son of John,' was born at Milton, Feb. 4, 
1673 ; died at Milton, May 19, 1750, aged yj years. He in- 
herited the original Fenno homestead in Milton. He was a 
selectman of that town in 1722, 1723 and 1724. He married 
there, Sept. 23, 1696, Mary Belcher, who was baptized at Mil- 
ton, Nov. 12, 1676. She is probably the Mary Fenno who 
died at Milton, Dec. 25, 1758. 

WILL OF BENJAMIN FENNO OF MILTON, 1749. 

3rn X\t JQame of ©oB, 9lmcn. The Eight day of August in the 
year of our Lord God 1749: I Benjamin Fenno of Milton in the 
County of Suffolk & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New 
England Yeoman, being of perfect Mind & Memory, thanks be 
Given to God therefor calling to mind the Mortality of my Body & 
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & 
ordain this my last Will Sz: Testament : 

That is to say first and principally and first of all, I give & rec- 
omend my Soul into hands of God that give it and my Body, I 
recomend to the Earth to be buried in Christianlike & decent man- 
ner, at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, nothing 
doubting but at the general reserrection, I shall receive the same 
again by the Mighty power of God. 



Fenno. 3 1 

And as touching such worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased 
God to bless me in this Life, I give, devise & dispose of the same in 
the following manner & form : 

Imprimis. My Will is that all my Just debts & Funeral charges 
be paid by my Executors hereafter Named, out of my Estate. 

Item. I Give to my dearly beloved Wife, Mary Fenno all my 
Household Goods during her natural Life together with a honour- 
able & handsome maintenace out of y^ Income of my Real Estate 
dureing her natural life (and a maid to wait on her if she think 
proper) & at her death that she have a decent & Christian burial, 
all which my Will is shall be done & performed by my Executors 
hereafter Named. 

Item. I give to my Two Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel 
Fenno, all my Real and Personal Estate Wearing apparel, Arms, 
Cash, Bonds, or Bills, Husbandry & Carpenter's tools (Except- 
ing my household goods) to be divided betwixt them in Equal 
halves and I also give them my Clock after the death of my dearly 
beloved Wife : provided they do & perform all that is herein re- 
quired of them, as Executors of this my last Will. 

Item : I Give to my daughter Rebeckah Shepard, the Sum of 
One hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid to her at my decease, 
by my Executors, & I also give her Six hundred pounds old Tenor, 
to be paid her by my Executors, out of my Estate, in the following 
maner : (Viz :) Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration 
of three Years after my & my wife, Mary Fenno's decease, & so 
Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration of Every Year, 
til the afores'^ Sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor be fully 
paid. 

Item, I Give to my daughter Jemimah Wadlin, the Sum of one 
hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid to her at my decease, by my 
Executors, and I also give her the Sum of Six hundred pounds old 
Tenor, to be paid her by my Executors, out of my Estate, in the 
following maner, (Viz :) Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the 
Expiration of three Years after my & my Wife Mary Fenno's de- 
cease, & so Two hundred pounds old Tenor at the Expiration of 
every Year til the full sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor, be 
fully paid. 



32 Ancestral Lines. 

Item: I Give to my daughter Abigail Tucker the Sum of one 
hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid her at my decease by my Ex- 
ecutors, & I also give her y^ Sum of Six hundred pounds old Tenor 
to be paid to her out of my Estate by my Executors, in the Follow- 
ing Maner, (viz :) Two hundred pounds, old Tenor, at the Expira- 
tion of three Years after my & my wife's decease & then two hun- 
dred pounds, old Tenor at y« Expiration of Every Year til the full 
Sum of Six hundred pounds, old Tenor be fully paid. 

Item : I Give to my Grand-daughter Jerusha Harris, fifty Pounds, 
old Tenor, to be paid to her out of my Estate, by my Executors, at 
my decease ; Also I Give her Two hundred pounds, old Tenor, to 
be paid her by my Executors, When Shee Shall be at the age of 
Eighteen Years, but if it Should please God to take her away by 
deth before She arive at those Years, My Will is that this Legacy 
be paid to my Grand-daughter Hannah Harris When She Shall be 
at y^ Age of Eighteen Years. 

Item : I Give to my Grand-daughter Hannah Harris Fifty pounds 
old Tenor, to be paid to her out of my Estate, by my Executors, at 
my decease. Also I give her Two hundred pounds old Tenor, to be 
paid her by my Executors, When She Shall be at the age of Eigh- 
teen Years, but if it Should please God to take her away by deth 
before she arive to those years, my Will is that this Legacy be paid 
to my Grand-daughter Jerusha Harris when She Shall be at the 
age of Eighteen Years. 

Item : If both my aforementioned Grand daughters Shall die be- 
fore those Legacies which I have given them in this my last Will, 
shall or may becom pa3^able to them, then my Will is, & I do give 
& bequeath the same to my Two Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel 
Fenno. 

Item: I Give to my Three Daughters (:viz :) Rebeckah Shepard, 
Jemimah Wadlin, & Abigail Tucker & my Two Grand-daughters 
Jerushah Harris & Hannah Harris, after y"^ decease of my dearly 
beloved Wife Mary Fenno, all my Household Goods (: Excepting 
my Clock, Which I have otherwise disposed of in this my last Will :) 
(Viz :) Beds & Bedding, Tables & Table Linnen, Chests, Chairs, 
Puter, Brass & Iron Ware, to be divided betwixt them in y^ Follow- 
ing Manner (: Viz :) to my Daughters Rebeckah Shepard one fourth 



part, to my Daughter Jemimah Wadlin one fourth part, to my Daugh- 
ter Abigail Tucker one fourth part, and to my Grand-daughters 
Jerusha Harris, & Hannah Harris one forth part. 

Item : my Will is that all the Aforementioned Legacies in this my 
last Will be paid in Silver, at the rate of Fifty Nine Shillings old 
Tenor ^ ounce or in bills of Publick Credit Equal thereto. 

Item : I do Constitute, Make, Ordain & appoint my Well beloved 
Sons Benjamin Fenno & Samuel Fenno the only Executors of this 
my last Will And Testament. And I do hereby Utterly disallow, 
revoke & disannul, all & Every other former Testaments, Wills & 
Legacies, Bequests, & Executors by me in any other Ways before 
this Time Named, Willed & Bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming 
this and no other, to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness 
WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, the day and year 
afore Written. 



t^ W«W>«- f-ejxr>ff 




Signed, seald. Published 
& declared by the s^ Benj- 
amin Fenno as his Last 
Will & Testament in the 
Presence of us the Subscribers 
(Viz :) 

Justus Soper 
Thomas Vose 
We? Royall 

Benjamin Fenno and Samuel Fenno presented this will June 
lo, 1750, and it was probated June 15, 1750, by Edward liutch- 
inson, Judge of Probate. 

Samuel^ Fenno, son of Benjamin,^ was born at Milton, 
Mass., March 12, 1717; died there Feb. i, 1791, aged 74 
years. He married Rebecca , whose surname is un- 
known. She was probably the Rebecca Fenno who died at 
Milton, Dec. 21, 1793, aged 68 years. 



34 Ancestral Lines. 

WILL OF SAMUEL FENNO OF MILTON, 1786. 

STn tijc iI5amc of ©oU ^men, the Twenty third Day of June one 
Thousand seven hundred and Eighty six, I Samuel Fenno of Mil- 
ton in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
yeoman, Laboring under Bodily Disorders but of perfect mind and 
memory, thanks be given unto God ; Therefore,, calling unto mind 
the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all 
men once to Die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testa- 
ment, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recom- 
mend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it ; and my Body 
I recommend to the earth, to be Buried in decent Christian Burial, 
at the discretion of my executor, nothing doubting but at the Gen- 
eral Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty 
Power of God, and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it 
hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I give, demise and dis- 
pose of the same in the following Manner and form — 

Imprimis : That is to say first of all, I Will that all those Debts 
and Duties that I do owe in right or conscience to any manner of 
person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly paid in one 
year after my Decease by my executor hereafter named. 

Item : I give to my son Samuel Fenno and to my son Reuben 
Fenno in equal shares all my Estate both real and personal wher- 
ever it may be found. I give to them, their Heirs and assigns for 
ever, they my two sons Samuel Fenno and Reuben Fenno, Provid- 
ing for the Honourable and (as much as may be) comfortable sup- 
port of their Mother at all times During her Natural life, and also 
they my said two sons Samuel and Reuben paying as follows, in 
one year after my decease, Viz. 

To Moses Fenno son of my late son Moses Fenno, Deceased, 
each of them two Pounds. To my son Benjamin Fenno, each two 
Pounds. To my son Joseph Fenno each of them two Pounds. To 
m}'' Daughter Miriam the wife of John Philips each two Pounds, 
and this in addition to what I have before given to my said Sons 
Moses, Benjamin & Joseph & to my daughter Miriam Philips ; to 
be their full Portion of my Estate — 

And I do here by constitute make and ordain Mr. John Ruggles 
of Milton to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament, 




JOSEPH WARREN FENNO. 



Fetuio. 3 5 

and do hereby revoke and disannul all former Wills and Testaments 
by me made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my 
last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereto set 
my Hand and Seal the day and year first within written. 



Jam\j&J&/^^^ 




Signed, Sealed, Published 
Pronounced and Declared 
by the said Samuel Fenno as 
his last Will and Testament 
in Presence of us the Subscribers 

Ebenezer Tucker, Jun 
David Crane 
Jabez Sumner 

On March 8, 1791, John Ruggles renouncing Reuben Fenno 
of Milton was appointed administrator cutn tesfo annexo, Sam- 
uel Fenno, yeoman, and Jabez Sumner, yeoman, all of Milton, 
sureties. The Inventory taken Sept. 2, 1791, amounted to 
^632 •.6:']. 

Joseph* Fenno, son of Samuel,^ was born at Milton, Jan. 
I, 1758; died at Hartford, Vt., Dec. 29, 1822. He married 
Dec. 10, 1786, Margaret Gibbons, who was born Aug. 12, 1768, 
and died June 24, i860, aged 92 years, 10 months and 12 
days. 

Mr. Fenno served four days as a private in Capt. John 
Bradley's Milton company of Col. Lemuel Robinson's Reg't, 
which marched on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, from 
Milton. (Mass. Archives, Rev. War Rolls, vol. xi : p. 199.) 

Again he appears in Capt. John Baker, Jr.'s, company of 
Col. Samuel Gerrish's Reg't, on July 22, 1775. {Ibid., vol. 
XXXV : p. 136.) He was in the service from May 11, to Aug. 
i> 1775 — 2 months, 21 days, and appears as a resident of 
Milton. {Ibid., vol. xiv : p. 16.) 



3^ Ancestral Lines. 

Later he appears in Capt. Joseph Pettingill's Tenth company 
of Col. Gerrish's Reg't, on a return dated " Camp at Sewall's 
Point, Sept. 27, 1775." He continued in the service eight 
months in 1775, being transferred to Col. Loammi Baldwin's 
38th Reg't. {Ibid., vol. Ivi : p. 259; vol. lix : p. 1226; vol. 
Ivii : p. 27.) 

Ralphs Fenno, son of Joseph/ was born at Milton, Feb. 18, 
1788 ; died at Hartford, Vt., March 16, 1824. He married at 
Pomfret, Vt., July 29, 18 10, his cousin Marys Fenno, of Mil- 
ton (daughter of Sarauelf and grand-daughter of Samuel.^ See 
infra). She was born at Milton, Feb. 1 1, 1787, and died 1868. 

Joseph Warren^ Fenno, son of Ralph,5 was born at Pom- 
fret, Vt., Oct. 21, 181 1 ; died at Hartford, Vt., Oct. 14, 1878. 
He married at Hartford, July 29, 1832, Eliza Stearns Crafts. 
She was born at Walden, Vt., July 5, 18 17; died at Hartford, 
Nov. 12, 1892. He was a sturdy New England farmer, born 
and bred upon the farm lying on the banks of White River, 
where he lived, reared his family and died. 

His wife, Eliza Stearns Crafts, was a woman of strong per- 
sonality, and v/as indeed a true helpmate. She possessed a 
tender, motherly heart and rare executive ability, which she 
manifested in the rearing of a large family of children amidst 
such difficulties as were inevitably associated with the average 
farmer's life of her day and generation. Her interests were 
ever centered in her home, which was one of unbounded hospi- 
tality, where many a homeless wanderer found shelter when 
turned from other doors. Kindness, cheerfulness, and the for- 
getfulness of self in the endeavor to make those around her 
happy were her marked characteristics, and in loving remem- 
brance of these, her children do indeed " rise up and call her 
blessed." 

Marcellus Taylor7 Fenno, son of Joseph Warren,^ was 
born at Hartford, Vt., Aug. 5, 1846. He married at St. 




ELIZA STEARNS CRAFTS. 

(Mrs. JOSEPH WARREN FENNO). 



i 




MARCELLUS TAYLOR FENNO, 

Mounted Orderly, Engineer Corps. 

[1861.] 



Fenno. 37 

Johnsbury, Vt., May 25, 1867, Martha Washington Flmt of 
St. Johnsbury. 

Mr. Fenno was one of nine children born and reared on the 
Fenno homestead in Hartford, Vt. He spent his early years 
in rambling over the hillsides and along the banks of White 
River, and attending the district schools of Hartford. At the 
age of seventeen he left home and obtained employment in the 
U. S. Armory, in Springfield, Mass. 

He enlisted as a private in Capt. John Pickering, Jr.'s, com- 
pany in the 3d Reg't Heavy Artillery, Mass. Vols., Dec. 31, 
1863. He served as mounted orderly for Capt. Lyons, an 
engineer ofificer attached to General Headquarters. During 
the campaigns of 1864 and 1865 he was on duty with Capt. 
Lyons, carrying despatches and delivering his orders wherever 
necessary. He was present with his company at the surrender 
of Gen. Lee at Appomattox, and was honorably discharged for 
disability at Gallop's Island, Boston Harbor, Sept. 26, 1865. 
His discharge papers describe him as nineteen years old, five 
feet six inches in height, of light complexion, blue eyes and 
auburn hair. 

The picture, which was taken while he was on duty at the 
front, shows him in the uniform worn by the Volunteers dur- 
ing the Civil War. 

Returning to his father's home in Hartford, he recovered 
his health and later entered the employ of the E. & T. Fair- 
banks Scale Co., at St. Johnsbury. Here he learned the 
machinist's trade, becoming an expert scale builder and the 
most extensive contractor ever in their employ. He served 
this company twenty-five years. 

About 1873 he united with the Order of Odd Fellows and 
passed through all its degrees, becoming Noble Grand of Cale- 
donia Lodge, No. 6, of Vermont. He is an active member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic, and has served as Senior 
Vice Commander of Chamberlain Post of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



38 Ancestral Lines. 

He was also appointed on the staff of Capt. Pearl D. Blodgett, 
Commander of the Department of Vermont. 

He now (July, 1907) resides in his native town of Hartford, 
Vt., where at the age of 61 he is employed in the U. S. mail 
service. He is popularly called " Captain " Fenno. 

Mr. Fenno belonged to Company I, of the 3d Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, a company which consisted mainly of mechanics who 
were transferred to the engineering department and thence to 
the pontonier service, where they remained until mustered out. 

Brigadier Gen. Peter S. Michie sent the following compli- 
mentary and interesting letter to His Excellency John A. 
Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts : 

Headquarters, Department of Virginia, 
Chief Engineer's Office. 

Richmond, Va, 

Aug. 8th, 1865. 

To His Excellency Governor Andrew of Massachusetts. 

Sir : — It is with great pleasure that I have the honor to bring to 
your notice a Company of Massachusetts men who have served with 
me since May, 1864. Thinking that you would be pleased to learn 
of the record of the only body of Massachusetts men who have 
served any time in the engineering branch of the service, I have 
the honor to submit the following brief history of Company /, Third 
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. 

This Company came into the service as the thirteenth Company 
Unattached Heavy Artillery, and was ordered to report to Major 
General Butler, Commanding the Department of Virginia and North 
Carolina. It was mostly recruited from the Springfield Armory, 
and was composed of as fine a body of men as I have ever seen in 
the service ; and I may add here that their after-conduct more than 
justified the highest expectations then formed. 

It was at once assigned to duty with Capt. F. U. Farquhar, United 
States Corps of Engineers, Chief Engineer of the Department, and 
was put in charge of the pontoon trains of the Army. Knowing 




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Fenno. 20 

nothing of pontoon drill, the officers and men applied themselves 
so steadily that early in May they were excellent pontoniers, and 
could build a bridge as rapidly and as well as any men of longer 
experience in the volunteer service. 

Briefly; it has since built two bridges across the Appomattox 
river and taken care of them. These bridges connected the Armies 
of the Potomac and the James. It repaired and almost remade the 
bridge-train wagons furnished by the Government. It built two 
pontoon bridges across the James, which enabled our Army to cross 
and advance on Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29, 1864; assisted in build- 
ing wharves, permanent bridges and roadways ; repaired and took 
charge of three captured and burnt saw-mills, which cut nearly two 
million feet of lumber since October last, which was used in build- 
ing hospitals, bridges, batteries and magazines, and thereby saved 
the Government the cost of that quantity. 

It had charge of the pontoon train which accompanied the Army 
of the James in its rapid march against General Lee, and built the 
pontoon bridges at Farmville, over which passed the artillery and 
trains of two Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the Second and 
Sixth, and enabled them to follow in rapid pursuit of the enemy. 

This company had charge of the pontoon bridges across the 
James River at Richmond, over which passed safely all of the Army 
of the James, the Army of the Potomac, Sherman's Army, and 
Sheridan's Cavalry, with their teams and artillery. It furnished 
the assistance of the surveying parties engaged in mapping the 
rebel lines and country in the vicinity of Richmond. 

This company has merited the best praise and commendation 
that a commander can give his men. They have always given a 
ready and willing obedience to every order, are good and worthy 
men, and are ready now to make upright citizens. 

The officers, without exception, have proved worthy of the men 
they commanded, and by careful attention to their wants and neces- 
sities, have acted like fathers to their children. 

They have, one and all, proved worthy of their State and the 
Nation, and deserve well of both for their valuable services. 

The officers at present are : Capt. John Pickering Commanding, 
First Lieut. O. J. Bixby (lately promoted to Captain), First Lieut. 



40 Ajtcestral Lines. 

John F. E. Chamberlain, Second Lieut. Charles H, Ladd. Second 
Lieut. William F. Merrill and William H. DoUiver have been pro- 
moted and transferred to other Companies. 

Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, 

Peter S. Michie, 

Brevet Brig. -Gen. U. S. Vols. 

Chief Engineer, Department of Virginia. 

LuLA May^ Fenno, daughter of Marcellus Taylor, ^ born at 
St, Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 24, 1868; married there Jan. 21, 
1890, Charles Amasa Woolson, of Springfield, Vt. 



Descent is also traced from Samuel^ Fenno, Sr., above, 
through his other son SamueH Fenno, Jr., as follows : 

Samuel'* Fenno {Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jo/m^), brother of 
Joseph'* Fenno, was born at Milton, April 25, 1763 ; died at 
Milton in 1803. He married (i), in the South Parish of Wey- 
mouth, Nov. I, 1784, Deborah Ford, who was born at Wey- 
mouth, Oct. I, 1766, and died at Milton, Oct. 10, 1793. He 
married (2), at Weymouth, July 6, 1794, Susanna Humphrey, 
of Weymouth. 

Marys Fenno, daughter of Samuel'* and Deborah, was born 
at Milton, Feb. 11, 1787; died in 1868. She married at 
Pomfret, Vt., her cousin Ralphs Fenno. (See page 36.) 



BAKER. 



Try ALL' Baker, one of the early settlers of Canterbury, 
Conn., was living there as early as 17 18. William Baker 
whose relationship has not been determined, was made respon- 
sible for " the decency of the Meeting House " at Canterbury, 
Dec. 10, 1717. In 1732 it was proposed to relocate and re- 



Baker. 4 1 

build the meeting-house, and a minority of the parish voted to 
locate it "near Tryall Baker's," "Mr. Tryall Baker" died at 
Canterbury, Oct. 12, 1776. He married at Canterbury, Dec. 
24, 1 7 18, Elizabeth Tibbetts. Elizabeth, the wife of Tryall 
Baker was baptized at Canterbury, July 12, 1724. She was 
admitted to full communion in the church in July, 1733. Her 
death is not recorded at Canterbury. Tryall Baker and his 
wife were among the Separatists at Canterbury in 1745. Pos- 
sibly he was the " Mr. Baker who preached at Uncle John- 
son's," in Canterbury, April 14, 1742, out of which movement 
grew the Baptist society of Canterbury. 

Elijah'' Baker, son of Tryall,' was born at Canterbury, 
Conn., in 1725 ; baptized there Sept. 3, 1727 ; married at Can- 
terbury, Jan. 29, 1750/1, Lois Rood. He died Aug. 17, 181 1. 
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in Capt. Nathan- 
iel Wales's company of Col. Jeremiah Mason's Reg't of Con- 
necticut Militia, serving at New London from Sept. 13 to Oct. 
17, 1776. (Conn. Rev. War Rolls, p. 617.) He again en- 
listed as Corporal in Capt. Jonathan Rudd's company of Col. 
Samuel Chapman's Reg't, and was in Brig.-Gen. John Tyler's 
Brigade, serving from Aug. 2, 1778, to Dec. 12, 1778. This 
Brigade was commanded by Major-Gen. Sullivan in the expedi- 
tion to Newport, R. L, in Aug. and Sept., 1778. His regiment 
was present at the battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778. 
{Ibid., p. 530.) 

Ebenezer3 Baker, son of Elijah,^ was born Aug. 29, 1761, 
probably at Canterbury, Conn. He married (2), Eunice 
Haynes of Bennington, Vt. He died Aug. 2, 1841, probably 
at Pawlet, Vt. His wife Eunice died at Pawlet, Nov. 2, 18 10. 

Aaron Haynes'* Baker, son of Ebenezer,^ was born at 
Pawlet, Vt., April 22, 1792 ; died at Manchester, Vt., Oct. 22, 
1862. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Rev. 



42 Ancestral Lines. 

Aaron Haynes. As a boy he was a great reader, and at the 
age of twenty-one he went to Manchester, where he entered 
the employment of Mr. Jennings, afterward of the firm of 
Jennings & Harris, manufacturers of broadcloth and woolen 
goods. Here he learned the business, and when Mr. Jennings 
retired he became the junior member of the firm. For many 
years the firm of Harris Sc Baker was well and favorably 
known throughout southern Vermont. During the war of 
1812 he was commissioned as Colonel of a Vermont Regiment, 
but was not actively engaged, as peace was declared before he 
reached the battle fields near Ticonderoga. In recognition of 
his services the Government granted him one hundred and 
sixty acres of land in the West. He retired from business in 
1850, when he purchased a small farm in Manchester, where 
he spent the remainder of his life. He represented his town 
five times in the Vermont Legislature, and was for many 
years a director of the Battenkill Bank until the time of his 
death. 

In a quiet, unostentatious way he was kind to the poor. His 
judgment and advice were frequently sought and his decisions 
settled many disputes without the aid of lawyers. 

It was one of his eccentricities that he would never have his 
picture taken, but those who knew him best affirmed that he 
bore a striking resemblance to the late Secretary of State, 
William M. Evarts. 

Although never identified with any religious denomination 
he was yet possessed of a deeply religious nature and attended 
and helped to support the Baptist church in Manchester. At 
the time of his death it was said of him : " He had not an 
enemy in the world." He married (i), in 1820, Minerva 
French, who died within a few years. He married (2), at Cas- 
tleton, Vt., March 7, 1827, Lettice Phillips Mason, a native of 
Littleton, N. H., but then of Castleton, Vt. She died at Man- 
chester, Vt., Dec. 30, 1868. 




HOME OF Col. AARON H. BAKER, Manchester, Vermont. 

BIRTHPLACE OF MARY E. (BAKER) WOOLSON, Manchester, Vermont. 

BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON, Springfield, Vermont. 



Flint. 43 

Mary Elizas Baker, daughter of Aaron Haynes-* by his 
second wife, was born at Manchester, Vt., Nov. 22, 1830; 
married there July i, 1863, Amasa Woolson, of Springfield, 
Vt. She died at Springfield, July 29, 1902. A biographical 
sketch is given on a subsequent page. 



FLINT. 

Thomas' Flint was one of the earliest settlers at Salem 
Village (now Peabody), where he bought 150 acres of land of 
John Pickering, Sept. 18, 1654. His name occurs on the 
town records in 1650. He purchased 50 acres of Robert 

Goodall, on Jan. i, 1662. His wife's name was Ann , 

and he died at Salem Village, April 15, 1663. The original 
Flint homestead in that village remained in possession of the 
Flint family for more than two hundred years. 

JoHN^ Flint, son of Thomas,' was born at Salem Village, 
Oct. 3, 1655 ; died there in April, 1730. He was the fourth 
child and second son, and was made a freeman in April, 1690. 
His wife was Elizabeth . 

John3 Flint, son of John,^ was born at Salem Village, Feb. 
8, 1681 ; married (i), May 5, 1709, Christian Reed, who died 
Sept. 27, 1 72 1. He married (2), March 14, 1722, Susannah 
Gennings, who was born April 30, 1695. He removed from 
Salem to Windham, Conn., probably before 1712. 

Samuel'* Flint, son of John^ and his first wife Christian, 
was born April 9, 171 2, probably at Windham, Conn.; died 
at Randolph, Vt., in 1802. He lived in that part of ancient 
Windham which was incorporated as Hampton in 1786. He 
married (i), April 13, 1736, Mary Lamphere, who died Jan. i, 



44 Ancestral Lines. 

1744. He married (2), April 11, 1745, Mary Hall, who died 
at Windham about 1783. He married (3), Sarah, daughter 
of Benjamin and Sarah (Phelps) Blackman, who was born 
April 15, 1744, and died in Sheldon, Wyoming County, N. Y. 

PIONEER LIFE IN VERMONT. 

Sometime after 1772 Samuel Flint, a man well advanced in 
years, and a native of Windham, Conn., whose children were 
then married and whose wife had died the winter before, feel- 
ing quite alone in the world and having only a small farm, 
sold his home and distributed his furniture and effects among 
his children's families, and set out with saddle-bags on his 
horse, his axe and gun, to explore the wilderness of Vermont, 
to see if there was not better land. After travelling four 
weeks he arrived in the township of Randolph, at that time 
almost an unbroken wilderness. 

After examining the country for a few days, he selected a 
farm in the centre of the town of Randolph, and set himself 
to work to make a home. After struggling for two years he 
had a comfortable log-house completed, fifteen acres of land 
cleared, a thriving nursery of apple-trees started, — the first 
apple-trees planted in town, — and a good well of water at his 
door, — the first well dug in town. In the autumn he re- 
turned to Connecticut, to try to induce all his children to 
remove to Randolph ; but on account of the tedious journey 
and the cold weather, they all shrank from the undertaking 
except his youngest son, James Flint, who, after making speedy 
arrangements for departure, left his wife and little ones with 
his brother, Samuel Flint, and accompanied his father to Ver- 
mont. 

Not liking the location which his father had chosen, James 
Flint went three miles farther north in Randolph, and settled 
on a tract that formed a ridge, on each side of which was a 
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his home with his father, and after clearing a few acres of 
land, erected a comfortable log-cabin. In the summer he re- 
turned to Connecticut for his family ; but one of his children 
being sick and unable to travel, it was arranged that his brother 
Samuel should go with his family to Randolph, occupying 
James's house till he could clear a farm and erect a log-cabin 
for himself. 

Arrangements having been completed, Samuel Flint, Jr., 
with his wife, seven children, a yoke of oxen, two cows, a hog, 
and such furniture as could be packed on an ox-cart, leaving 
room for the family, set out from Hampton, Conn., for their 
new Green Mountain home. The milk of the cows, corn-cakes 
baked by the open fire, and fried pork, formed their diet while 
on the way. They did not enter a dwelling-house from the 
time they left Windham until they arrived at their father's 
home in the centre of Randolph. 

At the home of Samuel Flint, Sr., the family remained sev- 
eral days ; while here, one of the little boys was taken sick 
and died. The journey had been too hard for the mother, and 
several of the other children were now ill. When they carried 
their little Asa out, to lay him to rest in the apple-nursery, the 
father, grandfather and three children were all who were able 
to stand by the side of the little grave in which were placed 
the remains of the pride of the family. 

A few days later the aged father, Samuel Flint, Sr., an- 
nounced to his son's family that on the day of the funeral he 
was to have been married to his house-keeper, but that he had 
deferred his wedding on their account, and that he thought 
best to delay it no longer, as his bride-elect was expecting him. 
The old gentleman started on horseback, taking his bride-to-be 
upon the pillion behind him, trotting off to Royalton to be 
united in the bonds of holy wedlock. 

The son now moved to the vacant log-house of his brother 
James, and during his first winter in Vermont began to clear 



46 Ancestral Lines. 

a farm directly north and adjoining his brother's. They 
pushed along the work rapidly, but the winter was unusually 
severe, and his younger children were sick nearly all the time. 
Had it not been for his three elder daughters, who were reso- 
lute, intrepid characters with strong constitutions, the younger 
Samuel must have given out ; but by the first of May follow- 
ing, he had his log-house completed. When James Flint and 
his family arrived from Connecticut they found their crop 
planted, and everything in readiness to receive them. 

The next fall Samuel Flint, Sr., sold his farm in the centre 
of the town to Mr. Ashbel Tucker, and moved with his young 
wife to the town of Braintree, Vt., where he was near his wife's 
relatives. 

This year two more children of Samuel Flint, Sr., removed 
to Vermont ; one, Mehitable, married Zebulon Parish and set- 
tled in Randolph, directly north of the home of her brother 
Samuel ; the other married Mr. Aaron Martin, and settled in 
Williamstown. James Flint's family consisted of his wife and 
six children at the time of his removal to Vermont. 

The Flints were all Baptists and did not enjoy worshiping 
with the Congregational church ; consequently they exerted 
themselves to the utmost, and erected a Baptist meeting-house 
near the home of James Flint, who gave the land upon which 
to place the structure. In three months after they began to 
build it was a comfortable place to worship in, but it was not 
clapboarded till a year later, in 1781. 

Samuel Flint, Jr., was appointed one of the deacons of this 
church. After the building was completed it was suggested 
that the meeting-house should be painted, and have a lightning- 
rod put up for safety. A family tradition relates that Dea. 
Flint assented, saying he was willing to have it painted, for 
he wished the Lord's house to look as respectable as his own : 
" But," said he, "I will never give a cent for a lightning-rod ; 
for, after we have built the Lord a house, if He chooses to 




LOAMMI BRAINARD FLINT. 



Flint. 47 

set fire to it and burn it down, He can do it. I shall never 
object to His doing as He pleases with His own." 

Both Dea. Flint and his brother James had built themselves 
comfortable story-and-a-half frame houses, with barns, and were 
thriving. They were both good farmers and steady, upright 
men. Their sons and daughters were taught to labor dili- 
gently with their hands, and with frugal economy and indus- 
try they acquired wealth. Industrious, upright and religious, 
this family possessed sound judgment, good practical sense, and 
a thorough knowledge of business. 

James5 Flint, son of Samuel, ■♦ by his wife Mary Hall, was 
born at Windham, Conn., Aug. lo, 1751 ; removed from Wind- 
ham (now Hampton), Conn., to Randolph, Vt., in 1782. He 
married at Scotland, Conn., April 22, 1773, Jerusha Lillie, 
who was born at Scotland, May 20, 1757. He died at Ran- 
dolph, Vt., 1843. 

JoEL^ Flint, son of James, s was born at Williamstown, Vt., 
March 13, 1786; died Jan. 2, 1857. He married at Brook- 
field, Vt., Aug. 29, 1805, Huldah Hawes, who was born Dec. 
25, 1785, and died May 4, 1857. 

LoAMMi Brainard'' Flint, son of Joel,^ was born at Wil- 
liamstown, Vt., Oct. 10, 1810 ; died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct, 
3, 1888. He married at St. Johnsbury, Nov. 8, 1838, Mary 
Bradley West, who was born at Charlestown, N. H., July 12, 
18 12, and died at St. Johnsbury, Oct. 7, 1899, 

Mr. Flint and his wife were ardent workers in the cause of 
temperance, both becoming members and officers of the Lodge 
of Good Templars at its organization, Jan. 3, 1864. From 
1879 to 1888 he held the office of Grand Sentinel of the 
Grand Lodge of Vermont, Mrs. Flint serving frequently on 
important committees. 



48 A7icestral Lines. 

The Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks, D. D., for many years 
pastor of the South Church of St. Johnsbury, Vt., wrote as 
follows : 

When I came to be Pastor of the South Church in 1874, no two 
people greeted me more heartily than Loammi Brainard Flint and 
Mrs. Mary (West) Flint, his wife. Mr. Flint derived great pleasure 
from seeing that everything was done as I wished. Any suggestion 
that I made he received with the utmost kindness. He had a 
friendly pride in my successes, and I surely took the utmost satis- 
faction in him as a fellow-worker and helper in the church. He 
was a man who " magnified his office," having a true sense of his 
responsibility in the care of the sacred edifice, which he had in 
charge for more than thirty years. To this day I hardly ever read 
Psalm Ixxxiv : 10, without recalling the figure of Mr. Flint at the 
door and in the aisles of the South Church. 

Mr. Flint was a most kindly neighbor. I cannot reckon up the 
many things he did for us. Since his death there has never been 
another to take his place as a neighbor in the old familiar and 
kindly way. 

Mrs. Flint was full of kindness and good will for everybody. She 
was regarded almost as one of our family, and always cordially 
welcomed. I know that she loved us sincerely. In time of sick- 
ness or trouble she was a host ; full of kindly offices ; always know- 
ing just what to do. 

She was a great worker. Very few women ever gave so much of 
their time in the care for other people. Yet her family was not 
neglected. Her home was a model of neatness and order. 

She shared with her husband the sense of responsibility for the 
South Church, and no other woman did more to make its festivities 
and social functions a success. 

Her tall figure and striking countenance made her well known in 
the village of St. Johnsbury for nearly two generations. In pres- 
ence, speech and opinions she was a woman of marked individual- 
ity. She had stern ideas of right, and was never satisfied with her 
own attainments. She called herself old-fashioned, but never out- 
grew her interest in what was going on around her, especially in 




Mrs. L. B. FLINT, AND HER DAUGHTER MARTHA W. FLINT, 
NOW Mrs. M. T. FENNO. 

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whatever would benefit young men and women. Early and always 
she was active in temperance work. Her ministries to the sick 
were abundant. 

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Flint was on the corner of Park and 
Main streets in St. Johnsbury, and their intimate friends called 
the corner ' Cape Flint,' and still call it so in 1907, in loving and 
affectionate remembrance of the two valued and dear friends who 
lived on that pleasant spot, till they ' crossed the bar, and saw their 
Pilot face to face.' 

Martha Washington^ Flint, daughter of Loammi B./ 
was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 24, 1844; married there 
May 25, 186;, Marcellus Taylor Fenno. 



CHASE. 



Aquila' Chase, was born about 1618 ; he came perhaps 
from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, where one Aquila 
Chase was baptized Aug. 14, 1580. He was one of the earli- 
est settlers of Hampton, N. H., in 1640. About 1646 he re- 
moved to Newbury (the part now Newburyport), in which year 
he appears as one of the proprietors, and was a mariner. He 
died at Newbury, Dec. 27, 1670, aged 52 years, as in his depo- 
sition made in 1666, he gave his age as about 48 years. He 
married Ann Wheeler of Hampton. She was the daughter of 
John Wheeler, one of the early settlers of Hampton. She 
married (2), June 14, 1672, Daniel Mussiloway (Soloway), of 
Irish descent, then aged about 27. She died April 21, 1687. 

Daniel^ Chase, son of Aquila,' was born at Newbury, Dec. 
9, 1661 ; died at Newbury, Feb. 8, 1707. He was a wheel- 
wright, and married Aug. 25, 1683, Martha Kimball of Ips- 
wich. 



50 Ancestral Lines. 

Isaacs Chase, son of Daniel/ was born at Newbury, Jan. 
19, 1691 ; died at Sutton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1786, aged 91 years, 
I month, 8 days. He married (i), Oct. 29, 17 10, Hannah 
Berry, who died at Sutton, of cancer, May 8, 1771. He mar- 
ried (2), Nov. 3, 1772, Hannah Tenney of Upton, who sur- 
vived him. There is a tradition that he purchased 600 acres 
in Sutton of the Indians for 40 shillings and a gallon of rum. 
He is said to have removed from Newbury to Sutton about 
172 1, but the birth of his son is recorded at Sutton, Feb. 12, 
1 7 19. He was a housewright or carpenter, and deeded his son 
Henry Chase, "for love," land in Sutton in 1743. (Worcester 
Co. Deeds, vol. xvii : p. 256.) He also deeded land to his son 
Ambrose Chase, who took care of him in his old age. The 
Sutton church records, Oct. 4, 1728, show that "Jonathan 
Whipple was chosen to set y^ psalm and Isaac Chase to set it 
in his absence." 

TiMOTHV* Chase, son of Isaac,' was born at Sutton (possi- 
bly at Newbury), Jan. 12, 17 19; married Leah Robbins. He 
was living in Nichewaug or Nichewagg (Petersham), in 1748, 
when Elisha Chase of Nichewagg, for ^"15, deeded him lot 
No. I, in Narraganset Township No. 6 (Templeton), which 
formerly belonged to Jn° Gray of Biddeford, Co. of York, and 
called " a settling lot." This deed was signed Oct. 3, 1748, with 
no mention of a wife. (Worcester Co. Deeds, vol. xxvii : p. 182.) 
Timothy Chase of Narraganset Township No. 6, husbandman, 
for ^33, deeded David Goddard of the same place, husband- 
man, 45 acres " that lyeth in the southwesterly side of Narra- 
gansett Township No. 6 ; " said lot was laid out in lieu of lot 
No. I, in the First Division in said Township, and is bounded 
by Nichewagg (Petersham) line, and is on both sides of the 
road that leads from Narraganset Township No. 6 to Niche- 
wagg. He signed with his mark, and his wife, Leah Robbins, 
signed her name, April 3, 1753. {Ibid., vol. xxxiv : p. 170.) 




JOHN MASON. 



Mason. 5 1 

Here, in Templet on, Timothy Chase appears by the proprie- 
tors' record to have been the third settler of Narraganset 
Township No. 6, where he erected a log-house in May, 1753. 
Charles Baker was a witness of his deed to David Goddard, 
and to Baker he deeded land in Templeton, Jan. 24, 1754. 
He was living in Templeton in 1757, and probably for some 
years thereafter, but was a resident of Townshend, Vt., in 
1790. 

John Sergant^ Chase, who was probably a son of Timo- 
thy,'' was born probably about 1750; married at Templeton, 
Mass., March 27, 1770, Ann Horton, who was born at Milton, 
Mass., July 21, 1752. [The Templeton records, which we 
follow, give his middle name as Sergant, but this is probably 
a clerical error, and Sargent the correct spelling.] 

Anna^ Chase, daughter of John Sergant,5 was born at Tem- 
pleton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1771 ; married there Jan. 3, 1793, Asa 
Woolson, Jr. She died at Springfield, Vt., Nov. 29, 1857. 



MASON. 



Sampson' Mason, the immigrant, was living in Dorchester, 
Mass., in 1649; i^i 1657 he removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 
where he was buried Sept. 15, 1676. His wife was Mary 
Butterworth, a sister of Dea. John Butterworth. She died at 
Rehoboth, Aug. 29, 17 14. He may have been a dragoon in 
Cromwell's army, as Baylies states. 

Pelatiah^ Mason, son of Sampson,' was born near Provi- 
dence Ferry, April i, 1669; died March 29, 1763, aged 94 
years. He married (i). May 22, 1694, Hepsibah Brooks, who 
was born at Woburn, Mass., in 1673, and died Aug. 24, 1727. 
Although he was married four times, his first wife was the 
m.other of all his children. 



52 Ancestral Lines. 

John3 Mason, son of Pelatiah/ was born Oct. 3, 1713 ; died 
June 27, 1 80 1, He married (i), Oct. 26, 1738, Zerviah 
Orrasby, who was the mother of his son. She died July 20, 
1765, aged 47 years; and he married twice afterwards. He 
was a Baptist clergyman, and preached many years in Swan- 
sea, Mass. 

Perez'» Mason, son of John,^ was born April 9, 1747. He 
married Martha Barney of Rehoboth, Mass., where she was 
born F'eb. 18, 1754. He removed to Grafton, N. H., before 
the Revolutionary War, in which his record is as follows : 

His name first appears as a private on the pay-roll of Col. 
Jonathan Chase's Regiment of Militia in New Hampshire, 
which went to reinforce the Northern Continental Army at 
Ticonderoga, by order of Major Genl. Folsom, May 7, 1777. 
He was in the service on June 18, 1777, serving one month 
and twelve days; travelled 102 miles to Ticonderoga, receiving 
3</. per mile for travel, and in all £,Z : \s. : lod. His place of 
residence is not given. (Rev. War Rolls of New Hampshire, 
vol. ii : p. 17.) 

His wife died at Lyman, N. H., March 13, 1823. He died 
March 17, 1825. 

Johns Mason, son of Perez,'' was born March 10, 1780, 
probably at Grafton, N. H.; he removed to Littleton, N. H. 
He married about 1800, Ann Phillips of Plymouth, N. H., 
where she was born April 28, 1784. He died Jan. 20, 1866. 

Lettice Phillips*^ Mason, daughter of John,5 was born at 
Littleton, N. H., Nov. 4, 1804; died at Manchester, Vt., Dec. 
30, 1868; married at Castleton, Vt., March 7, 1827, Aaron 
Haynes Baker of Manchester, Vt. 




LETTICE PHILLIPS MASON. 
(Mrs. AARON H. BAKER). 



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CRAFT (CROFT), CRAFTS. 

Griffin' Craft came with Gov. John Winthrop in 1630, 
and settled at Roxbury, Mass. He was born about 1600, and 

died Oct. 4, 1689. His first wife was Alice , who died 

at Roxbury, March 25, 1673, aged 73 years. " Grif^th Crofts 
and AHce Crofts the wife of Griffith Croft " were among the 
early members of John Eliot's church. He was made a free- 
man May 18, 1631. He was a selectman from 1650 to 1673, 
a sergeant in 1653, and a lieutenant from 1653 to 1676. He 
was a deputy to the General Court for 1638, 1663, 1664, and 
1666. He married (2), July 15, 1673, Ursula, widow of Wil- 
liam Robinson of Dorchester, and daughter of Henry Adams 
of Braintree. He married (3), Dorcas, daughter of John and 
Barbara Ruggles of Roxbury. She died Dec. 30, 1697. 

JoHN^ Craft, son of Griffin' by his first wife Alice, was born 
at Roxbury, July 10, 1630; died there Sept. 3, 1685, aged 55 
years. He married at Roxbury, June 7, 1654, Rebecca, daugh- 
ter of Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock of Dedham and Medfield. 
She joined John Eliot's church in Roxbury, July 2, 1663, and 
died there Nov. 24, 1667. He married (2), March 30, 1669, 
Mary Hudson of Lynn, who died June 3, 1724. Mr. Craft 
was admitted to the Roxbury church in 1684. 

EPHRAIM3 Craft, son of John," was born at Roxbury, Aug. 
9, 1677 ; and was living March 7, 1732/3. He was a weaver 
in Roxbury, but removed to Chelmsford, Mass., about 1724, 
settling in that part of the town which is now Westford. He 
married May 15, 1699, Hannah Reed of Chelmsford. 

Samuel" Craft, son of Ephraim,^ was born in Boston or 
Roxbury, July 10, 1716 ; he was living in 1747. He was pub- 
lished at Westford, Aug. 29, 1735, to Margaret Richardson, 



54 Ancestral Lines. 

who probably died in Dec, 1741. He married (2), at West- 
ford, Aug. 23, 1742, Hannah Read (Reed) of Westford. He 
removed to Westford probably about 1725, but seems to have 
lived in Boston some time up to 1740. 

Samuel^ Craft, Jr., son of Samuel,"* was baptized at West- 
ford, Aug. 2, 1747; died there in 1809. He was published at 
Westford, Feb. 14, 1767, to Margaret Parrot, who died within 
a few years. He married (2), at Lexington, Mass., Jan. 12, 
1786, Esther Jewett of Boston. She married (2), Jan. 5, 181 3, 
Isaac Patch, and died at Laconia, N. H., Oct. 13, 1825. 

Samuel Craft of Westford, was a private in Capt. Timothy 
Underwood's company, Col. William Prescott's Reg't of min- 
ute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, serving 
eight days. He appeared as a "main guard" under Lieut. 
Col. Loammi Baldwin, June 22, 1775. He served in Capt. 
Joshua Parker's company. Col. William Prescott's Tenth Reg't, 
and received an order for advance pay at Cambridge, June 9, 
1775, serving in this company and Reg't 96 days, from April 
27> 1775- He probably witnessed or was an active participant 
in the battle of Bunker Hill. 

Again he enlisted in Capt. Wright's company of Col. Jona- 
than Reed's Reg't, serving for the town of Westford for three 
years, from Sept. 17, 1777. In Dec. 18, 1779, he was de- 
scribed as "33 years old, 6 ft. i in. in stature; complexion 
dark ; hair dark ; occupation a farmer." Later he appears to 
have been in Capt. Asa Coburn's company, Lieut. Col. John 
Brooks's Seventh Reg't, serving as late as Feb., 1782. He 
was among those entitled to honorary badges for faithful ser- 
vice from March 10, 1777, to Feb., 1783. 

Samuel Jewett^ Crafts, son of Samuel,^ was probably 
born at Westford, Mass., Jan. 26, 1792 ; died at Hartford, Vt., 
April 12, 1872, aged 80 years. He married at Deering, N. H., 
Oct. 10, or Nov. 26, 1 812, Rebecca Stearns Knight of Deering 




SAMUEL JEWETT CRAFTS. 



West. 5 5 

She was born Jan. 22, 1794; died at Walden, Vt., Jan. 9, 
1864, aged 70 years. He removed to Hartford, where he lived 
after 1824. He served in Capt. Daniel Gregg's company, 45th 
U. S. Infantry, from March 21, 18 14, to May 29, 18 15, when 
he was discharged at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y. ; he was orderly 
sergeant of his company. He applied for a pension April 6, 
1 87 1, and it was granted. In his application he stated that he 
was born at Hollis, N. H., and that he lived in Henniker, N. 
H., when he enlisted. The Crafts Family, p. 126, states that 
the children of Samuels Craft were probably born in Westford, 
and Worcester's History of the Town of Hollis, N. H., p. 362 
et seq., contains no Crafts births. Samuel Jewett was the first 
of this line to add the final s to his surname. 

Eliza Stearns7 Crafts, daughter of Samuel J.,^ was born 
July 2, 1 8 16; died Nov. 12, 1892; aged 76 years. She mar- 
ried, July 29, 1832, Joseph Warren Fenno of Hartford, Vt. 



WEST. 

Francis' West, came from Salisbury, England, to Dux- 
bury, Mass., before 1639. He was born about 1606, and died 
at Duxbury, Jan. 2, 1692, aged 86 years. He married at 
Duxbury, Feb. 27, 1639, Margaret Reeves, probably an im- 
migrant. He was a carpenter in 1640, a constable 1641/2, a 
member of the grand jury 1642, and purchased a house at 
Millbrook in Duxbury that year. He was able to bear arms 
in 1643, and was admitted a freeman June 8, 1655. He was 
surveyor in 1658, and a constable again in 166 1. He was a 
member of the ''Grand Enquest " in 1662, 1669, 1674, 1678, 
1680 and 1681. 

Thomas^ West, son of Francis,' was born in 1646, probably 
in Duxbury ; died Sept. 6, 1706, aged 60 years. He made his 



$6 Ancestral Lines. 

will Jan. 15, 1697/8, in which he named his six sons but not 
his daughters ; they, however, were mentioned in the division 
of his estate in 1722. He was a physician and lived at 
Plymouth from 1667 to 1671. After 1673 he removed to 
Martha's Vineyard. He was also a lawyer, being called " the 
King's Attorney" in 1681, and "their Majesties' Attorney " 
in 1690. He was a member of the Sabbatarian Baptist 
Church in Newport, R. I., from 1692 to 1702, when he was 

dismissed. He married Elizabeth , who died Feb. 16, 

1728, aged 75 years. 

Abner3 West, son of Thomas,^ was born at Martha's Vine- 
yard, June 9, 1683 ; died there in 1756. He was a carpenter, 
and married Nov. 17, 1707, Jean, widow of John Cottle and 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bunker) Look. 

Thomas'* West, son of Abner,^ was born about 1709; died 
at Rochester, Mass., July 14, 1790, "in y^ 82"^ year of his 
age." He graduated at Harvard College in 1730, and re- 
ceived the honorary degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater in 
1759. He was a classmate of the Hon. Peter Oliver, who was 
afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province 
of Massachusetts Bay. He organized the Congregational 
Church at North Rochester in 1753. 

The name of his first wife, who died about 1762, has not 
been discovered but she is described as an amiable and excel- 
lent lady, — a mother whose piety no child ever doubted, and 
whose affectionate nature her children never forgot. Long 
years after her death they called her blessed. 

He married (2), Nov. 30, 1763, Priscilla Hammond, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin^ (^John,^ Benjamin,- William^) and Priscilla 
(Sprague) Hammond of Rochester. She was born at Roches- 
ter Oct. 31, 1740; died May 14, 1796, "in the 56th year of 
her age." Mr. West probably lived in the northeast part of 



West. 57 

Acushnet (then a part of old Dartmouth, Mass.). The l/ide- 
peiident Chronicle, published in Boston, July 22, 1790, reads as 
follows : — "Died at Rochester, the 15th inst., in the 82d year 
of his age, the Rev. Thomas West. Having served his gener- 
ation according to the will of God, he fell asleep." The in- 
scription on his tomb-stone in the old Parish Cemetery at 
North Rochester reads as follows : 

MEMENTO MORTIS 

This stone is sacred to the Memory of the 

Rev° THOMAS WEST 

who died July 14, 1790, 

in the Sad year of his age and in the 42d of 

his ministry. 

Weep ye, my friends, for West is gone ; 

His glass of time doth cease to run ; 

His active tongue and virtuous heart 

Have ceased to act, — they've done their part, 

Althougli he's gone, he yet does live. 

He's now disrobed of earthly clay, 

And shines in one eternal day. 

Timothys West, son of Thomas,-* was born about 1750; 
published at Rochester, Mass., Aug. 14, 1768, to Lois Dexter 
of Rochester, and married there Aug. 28, 1768. He lived in 
Rochester till 1781, when he removed to Charlestown, N. H., 
and settled near his brother, the Hon. Benjamin West, who 
was a delegate to the Continental Congress 1781 ; member of 
the Convention which framed the Constitution of the United 
States in 1787; and member of Congress in 1789. " Dea. 
Timothy West died " at Charlestown, " Feb. 24, 1833, ae. 83 
years." "Lois Dexter, wife of Dea. Timothy West, died Nov. 
19, 183 1, ae. 83 years." He was a private in Capt. Nathl. Ham- 
mond's company, which marched from Rochester to Marshfield 
on April 20, 1775. Again he enlisted in Capt. Nathl. Ham- 



58 Ancestral Lines. 

mond's company, Col. John Dagget's Reg't, Aug. 25, 1778, 
and was discharged Sept. i, 1778. (Mass. Archives, Rev. 
War Rolls, vol. xii : p. 132 ; vol. ii : p. 123.) 

Benjamin^ West, son of Timothy,^ was born at Charles- 
town, N. H., March i, 1791 ; married in Oct. (i .?), 181 1, Phebe 
Tyler of Piermont, N. H. She was born at Piermont, June 4, 
1759; died Oct. 16, 1851, at Si. Johnsbury, Vt. He removed 
to Springfield, Vt., and later to St. Johnsbury, where he died 
Aug. 3, 1854. 

Mary Bradley^ West, daughter of Benjamin,^ was born at 
Charlestown, N. H., July 12, 181 2 ; died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
Oct. 7, 1899 ; married at St. Johnsbury, Nov. 8, 1838, Loammi 
Brainard Flint of St. Johnsbury. 



KNIGHT. 



John' Knight came to Watertown, Mass., where he was 
made a freeman in 1636, and was a proprietor in 1642. He 

removed to Sudbury in 165 i. His wife, Mary , died May 

19, 1676. He died May 29, 1674. 

Joseph^ Knight, son of John,' was born in 1624; he set- 
tled in Watertown, but sold his house there, Dec. 10, 1649, 
and removed to Woburn. He married before that date Han- 
nah , who died at Woburn, Jan. 13, 1694/5. He died at 

Woburn, Aug. 13, 1687. 

JoHN^ Knight, son of Joseph,^ was born at Woburn, Mass., 
Jan. 16, 1656; died there Nov. 9, 1735. He married at Wo- 
burn, March 2, 168 1, Abigail Cragin of Woburn. 

Ebenezer* Knight, son of John,^ was born at Woburn, 
Aug. 20, 1695 ; died at Lunenburg, Mass., before Dec. 5, 1775. 




MARY BRADLEY WEST. 
(Mrs. LOAMMI B. FLINT.) 



Knight. 59 

He married at Woburn in Nov., 1 7 1 7, Mary Johnson, who is 
supposed to have died about 1741. He married (2), Aug. 19, 
1742, EHzabeth Boynton of Dorchester. He resided in Wo- 
burn until after 1732 ; he was Hving at Maiden in 1735 ; at 
Woburn in 1743 ; removed to Weston, where he was taxed in 
1 76 1 and 1762, then to Sudbury and finally settled in Lunen- 
burg, where he spent his last years. 

WILL OF EBENEZER KNIGHT OF LUNENBURG, 1773. 

^Tn tbe Hamc of ^oH ^tmen, the twenty eighth day of May Anno 
Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy three, I Ebenezer 
Knight of Lunenburg in the County of Worcester, husbandman, 
calling to mind my own mortality, being at present in health and of 
sound disposing mind and memory, blessed be God for it, do make 
and ordain this to be my last will and testament. 

First of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my 
body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my ex- 
ecutors hereafter named and as touching such worldly estate where- 
with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and bequeath 
in manner following, viz. : — - 

Imprhnis. To my son Amaziah Knight I give and bequeath 
twelve pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my 
decease by my executors hereafter mentioned. 

Item. To my son Ebenezer Knight I give and bequeath six 
pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my decease 
by my executors hereafter mentioned. 

Item. To my son Mathew Knight I give and bequeath twelve 
pounds lawful money to be paid him in one year after my decease, 
etc. 

Item. To my daughter Alice Horton wife of Joseph Horton I 
give and bequeath four pounds lawful money to be paid, etc. 

Item. To my daughter Ruth Atherton wife of Jonathan Ather- 
ton I give and bequeath ten pounds, etc. 

Item. To my daughter Sarah Salter wife of Samuel Salter, I 
give and bequeath twelve pounds, etc. 



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Item. To my daughter Anna Knight I give and bequeath thir- 
teen pounds, etc. 

Ite7ti. To my daughter Elizabeth Woolson wife of Asa Woolson 
I give and bequeath ten pounds lawful money to be paid her in one 
year after my decease by my executors hereafter mentioned. 

Item. To my grandson Asa Horton son of Ebenezer Horton born 
of my daughter Mary I give and bequeath six pounds, etc. 

Item. It is my will that if my daughter Anna Knight or my 
grandson Asa Horton both or either of them shall die childless 
that what I have given them shall be equally divided among the 
other heirs afore mentioned in this my will. 

Itetn. And likewise also I give and bequeath to the above men- 
tioned heirs all my other estate both real and personal or by what- 
ever other name it may be known by, after my just debts and 
funeral charges and legacies aforesaid are paid and satisfied — All 
of which estate I give to them, their heirs and assigns forever, 
and I do hereby ordain and appoint my beloved friends John Duns- 
more of Lunenburg, physician, and Phinehas Dunsmore of Lunen- 
burg aforesaid, yeoman, to be executors of this my last will and 
testament, thereby disannulling, revoking and making void all form'' 
and other wills and testaments, bequests, legacies and executors, 
and declare my \sic\ this and this only to be my last will and testa- 
ment. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
the day and year aforesaid. 

Signed, sealed and pronounced Ebenezer Knight 

and declared by the Ebenezer 
Knight to be his last will and 
testament in presence of us 

William Clarke 

Samuel Farrar 

Daniel Gardner 

Elizabeths Knight, daughter of Ebenezer,** probably by 
his second wife, Elizabeth, wras born probably about 1745, but 
her birth does not seem to have been recorded in any town 
in the vicinity of Woburn, where the births of eight of her 




Horton. 6i 

brothers and sisters were recorded from 17 19 to 1743. She 
married at Weston, Mass., June i, 1762, Asa Woolson, then 
of Weston, and later of Lunenburg, Mass. 



Levi' Knight married Eunice Stearns, who was born at 
Stoughton, Mass., July 19, 1774; he settled at Francestown, 
N. H., but removed to Walden, Vt. The History of Frances- 
town states that he was the son of John, an early settler of 
Francestown from Dedham, Mass., and gives the date of the 
birth of the latter "at Dedham " ; but nothing has been found 
on the Dedham records (town and church) to confirm this state- 
ment, or on those of either town to show Levi's birthplace. 

Rebecca Stearns^ Knight, was born Jan. 22, 1794; mar- 
ried at Francestown, N. H., Oct. 10, 18 12, Samuel Jewett 
Crafts. She died Jan. 9, 1864. The History of Francestown 
is confusing as to this family. 

The connection between the two branches of the Knight 
family, if such exists, has not been traced. 



HORTON. 



Thomas' Horton is found mentioned first in Milton, Mass., 
in 1669. He was a weaver, and lived on the south side of 
Neponset river near the Braintree (now Quincy) line. John 
Fenno, Jr., and Rachel his wife, for £,\^ and " divers other 
good causes," deeded him 15 acres in Milton bounded ** east- 
erly by the land of Thomas Horton where his dwelling house 
now stands," April 20, 1695. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. xvii : 
p. 124.) He removed to Rehoboth, and for ;^I20 deeded his 
son David^ Horton of Milton, a weaver, 25 acres with the 
dwelling house thereon March 12, 1712. (/(i!;/^^., vol. Ixxx : p. 
175.) The date of his death and his wife's name have not 
been found. 



52 Amestral Lines. 

David^ Horton, son of Thomas/ was born at Milton, Oct. 
14, 1679; died there, Jan. 7, 1752. He was a weaver, and 
married at Milton, Sept. 10, 1702, Mary Badcock of Milton. 
His eldest son David administered upon his father's estate. 
The Inventory was taken March 3, 1752, one item of which 
reads: "The old House where Joseph Horton lives w^'^ 4 acres 
and an half of land £26'. i^s.'. ^dr His account shows: 
" To cash rec'd of Joseph Horton on Acc^ of the priviledge of 
a Read £\ : i.>-.: 4^." It is evident from documents which 
accompany the settlement that the " Read " was used in his 
business as a weaver. 

Joseph^ Horton, son of David," was born at Milton, June 
I, 171 7; married about 1743, Alice Knight, eldest child of 
Ebenezer and Mary (Johnson) Knight of Woburn, born Jan. 
12, 1719. He removed from Milton to Bolton in the spring 
of 1754, and from Bolton to Narraganset Township No. 6 
(now Templeton), Mass., in 1758. His father, David Horton 
of Milton, weaver, " for parental love which I do bear unto my 
son Joseph Horton of Milton, weaver," and for ;^30, deeded 
him, five acres in Milton " a part of my homestead where I 
now dwell," bounded south by Braintree (now Quincy) line, 
March 14, 1740, without mentioning his wife. (Suffolk 
Co. Deeds, vol. Ixii : p. 41)- This property Joseph Horton 
of Milton, yeoman, and Alice his wife, for £6y : Qi". : 4^-, 
deeded to Enoch Horton of Milton, gentleman, April 20, 1754. 
(/<5'z^., vol. Ixxxv : p. 108.) 

Ebenezer Knight of Sudbury, husbandman, for ^I73 • 6-f. : 
8^/., deeded Joseph Horton of Milton, husbandman, a mansion 
house, barn and one hundred acres of land in Bolton, April 13, 
1754. (Worcester Co. Deeds, vol. xxxv : p. 40.) This prop- 
erty was deeded by Joseph Horton of Bolton, husbandman, for 
£\6o, to Thomas White of Milton, cordwainer, Nov. 19, 1756, 
Alice Horton joining in the deed. Then Jonas Wilder of Nar- 



Haynes. 63 

raganset Township No. 6 (now Templeton), for ^10, deeded 
Joseph Horton of Bolton, husbandman, 46 acres in Templeton, 
being house lot No. 108, June 23, 1758. {Ibid., vol. xliii : p. 
6.) He deeded his property in Templeton to John Newton of 
Hubbardston, calling it " the whole of my homestead farm in 
Templeton except what I lately sold to my son Jonathan 
Horton," and his wife Alice joined with him in the deed signed 
Oct. 20, 1794. {Ibid., vol. cxxiv: p. 82.) This is the latest 
mention both of Joseph and his wife found on record at Wor- 
cester. 

Ann-* Horton, daughter of Joseph,^ was born at Milton, 
July 21, 1752 ; married at Templeton, Mass., March 27, 1770, 
John Sergant Chase of Templeton. (See page 51.) 



HAYNES (HAINES). 

James' Haynes was at Salem, Mass., in 1637 ; he was ad- 
mitted a freeman in March, 1638, and became a member of 
the First Church of Salem. William' Haynes appeared 
at Salem as early as 1644, and was admitted to the Salem 
church Nov. 14, 1647. He removed to Newbury, Mass., and 
James' Haynes removed to Southold, L. I., about 165 1/2. 
He described himself in his deed as " James Haynes, late of 
Salem in the County of Essex." He made his will at South- 
old, March i, 1652; he probably died in 1655, Nov. 18 of 
which year the Inventory of his estate was taken. His wife 
Mary , married (2), at Southold, in June, 1656, Ralph 

Dayton. 

From the New England Historical Genealogical Register 
(vol. xxxvii: p. 161) it appears that James Haynes, of South- 
old, in his will, mentioned by name his wife Mary and his eldest 

son John, providing that " my children continue with my 

wife till they be twenty-one — the older laboring to help bring 



64 Aftcestral Lines. 

upp the younger — unless Providence order that she shall dis- 
pose of herself in marriage and then shall see cause to put any 
of them to some honest trade." 

William' Haynes was probably from Bedfordshire, England, 
for, Nov. 25, 1647, he gave a letter of attorney to Thomas 
Haynes, a merchant of London, for collection at " Danes 
Halle," Bedfordshire. He was a husbandman, and was in 
Salem as early as 1644; he mortgaged land in 1647, which was 
discharged in 1660. With Richard Haynes of Salem, he joined 
in the sale of two-thirds of a farm in that town June 29, 1648. 
He married Sarah Ingersoll of Salem. The records of the 
First Church there show that "Jonathan and Sarah, children 
of Bro. Haines," were baptized there June 11, 1648. Savage 
calls them twins, and assigns them to James, but on what au- 
thority has not been found. An inspection of those records 
shows that between 1638 and 1648 entries of seven baptisms 
of children of •* Bro. Haines" are noted, and not until May 4, 
165 1, when a Thomas was baptized, do we find the full name 
(James Haynes) of the father given. A comparison of the 
dates of the baptisms in 1646-48 shows that Jonathan was 
quite as probably the son of William as of James. 

It may be further remarked that, aside from the above bap- 
tismal record, the first trace of Jonathan found is in 1663, 
when he is said to have been a blacksmith — rather early for a 
boy, of only fifteen if an infant when baptized, to be so styled 
— and in Newbury, whither William had removed about 1648, 
while James had gone to Southold, as mentioned above. From 
various entries on Salem records it is inferred that Richard, 
William and James were nearly connected, and very likely 
brothers, but the relationship of Jonathan^ to either has not 
been clearly established, though with the weight of evidence 
rather in favor of the belief that he was the son of William, 
and was baptized when a lad, with his sister, not necessarily a 
twin, and not long after his father joined the church. 



Haynes. 65 

Jonathan^ Haynes, whether the son of James or William 
is uncertain, was baptized June 11, 1648, at the First Church 
of Salem, Mass. He was a blacksmith at Newbury, Mass., in 
1663 ; married (i), at Newbury, Jan. i, 1673/4, Mary Moul- 
ton, who died soon after. He married (2), at Hampton, N. H,, 
Dec. 30, 1674, Sarah Moulton of Hampton ; he removed from 
Newbury to Haverhill, Mass., between 1684 and 1687, and 
lived in the West Parish of Haverhill, near Bradley's Mills, 
where he was killed by Indians, Feb. 22, 1698. 

Indian Captivity. 

On Aug. 15, 1695, he and his four children, Mary, Thomas, Jon- 
athan and Joseph, were captured by Indians and carried into cap- 
tivity. The children were at work in a field near Bradley's Mills, 
picking beans, and their father was reaping near by. The Indians 
immediately started with the captives for Pennacook (Concord), 
N. H. When they arrived, they divided their prisoners and sepa- 
rated — one party took the father and one son, and the other the 
remaining children. 

The first party started for their home in Maine, where they soon 
arrived. The father and son had remained with them but a short 
time, when they improved an opportunity to escape. After travel- 
ling two or three days, with scarce anything to satisfy their cravings, 
the old man sank down exhausted. Finding his efforts to encou- 
rage his father were vain, the son started onward, and soon after 
coming to the top of a hill, he climbed a tall tree to see if he 
could discover any signs of civilization. But no such joyful sight 
was his. After the first bitter gush of grief had passed, and while 
he yet hesitated which course to take, his quick ear caught the 
sound of a saw-mill ! He listened. There was no mistaking that 
familiar sound, and with a glad heart and bounding step he fol- 
lowed it, and soon found himself at the settlement of Saco. 

His story was soon told, and with ample assistance and a bottle 
of milk, he hastened back to his father, whom he found as he had 
left him — laid down to die, without the hope or expectation of 
ever again looking upon the face of a friend. The milk and the 



56 Ancestral Lines. 

good news revived him, and with considerable difficulty he reached 
Saco. Here they remained until their strength was sufficiently 
recruited, when they started for Haverhill, where they soon arrived 
without further difficulty. 

The party which took the other children went to Canada, where 
they were sold to the French. Tradition says that Mary was car- 
ried to Canada on a hand-sled, which seems to indicate that the 
Indians tarried at Pennacook till the following winter. However, 
she was redeemed with one hundred pounds of tobacco. Mary 
afterwards married John Preston, of Andover, and removed to 
Windham, Conn., where she was living Oct. 12, 1730. The boys 
never returned, and a deed dated in 1731 stated that they were still 
in Canada. In one of the companies in the Canada expedition of 
1757 there were three Haynes brothers from Haverhill. While in 
Canada they had leave granted to search for the captive brothers, 
and they found them. 

They had lost their mother language completely, and could only 
converse with their English relatives through an interpreter. One 
of them inquired about his sister, who had one of her fingers acci- 
dentally cut ofE by a young lad, the son of a neighbor, a short time 
before her capture. He recollected the circumstances, and asked 
if she was still living. Neither of them could be persuaded to 
return with their relatives. 

Among the Haverhill captives who were still missing, April 17, 
1701, were Jonathan Haynes, aged 12 years, and Joseph Haynes, 
aged 7 years. (Chase's History of Haverhill, p. 184.) 

Again the Indians fell upon Haverhill on Feb. 22, 1697/8. On 
that morning Jonathan Haynes and Samuel Ladd, who Uved in the 
western part of the town, started with their teams consisting of a 
yoke of oxen and a horse, each accompanied with a son, to bring 
home their hay, which had been cut and stacked the preceding 
summer, in their meadow in the extreme western part of Haverhill. 
While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present danger, 
they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians, who 
had concealed themselves in the bushes on each side of their path. 
There were seven of them on a side, with guns presented and cocked, 
and the fathers, seeing it was impossible to escape, begged for 



Haynes. 67 

"quarter." To this the Indians twice replied, "Boon quarter! 
boon quarter ! " Young Ladd escaped and gave the alarm, which 
became general. Two of the Indians then stepped behind Jonathan 
Haynes and Samuel Ladd, and dealt them heavy blows upon the 
head. Mr. Haynes, who was quite aged, instantly fell. 

The Indians, on being asked why they killed the old man, said 
that they killed Haynes because he was " so old he no go with us," 
meaning that he was too aged and infirm to travel. Young Haynes 
was carried into captivity, where he remained a prisoner for some 
years, and at last was redeemed by his relatives. When about 
leaving the Indians, his master, in token of good-will and esteem, 
presented him with his best cane. This cane was possessed by Mr. 
Guy C. Haynes, of Boston, who exhibited it at a meeting of the 
New England Historic Genealogical Society on July 11, 1855. 
(Chase's History of Haverhill, pp. 201-2.) 

Thomas^ Haynes, son of Jonathan,^ was born at Newbury, 
Mass., May 14, 1680; he was taken prisoner Aug. 15, 1695, 
and carried to Pennacook (Concord), N. H., and from thence 
to Maine with his father, but made his escape back to Haver- 
hill. He was again taken prisoner by the Indians, Feb. 22, 
1697/8, and again carried to Pennacook, but was redeemed in 
1699. He returned to Haverhill where, Dec. 22, 1703, he 
married Hannah Harriman, who died Feb. 12, 176 1. He died 
Dec. 6, 1 77 1. 

Jonathan^ Haynes, son of Thomas,^ was born at Haverhill, 
April 25, 1712; died at Bennington, Vt., April 28, 1776, or 
1786. He removed to Bennington in 1770, and he, or his son 
of the same name, probably the latter, served in the Revolu- 
tionary War from Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1781. He married (i), 
Sept. 26, 1734, Elizabeth Kingsbury, who died Sept. 17, 1741- 
He married (2), April 2, 1742, Ruth Page, who died in 1796. 

Aarons Haynes, son of Jonathan^ by his second wife Ruth, 
was born at HaverhUl, Dec. 6, 1745; died March 27, 1827. 



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probably at Hoosick, N. Y. He married (i), at Norwich, 
Conn., June 23, 1768, Mary Armstrong, who died Aug. 27, 
181 1. He married (2), widow Margery (Parmell*) Hurd. He 
was a Baptist clergyman, and is said to have been a chaplain 
in the battle of Bennington. 

According to the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, p. 155, 
Aarons Haynes served as a private in the Revolutionary War 
in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company, Aug. 16, 1777. His 
name also appears in Capt. Dewey's company. He is said 
to have been one of four brothers who were in the battle of 
Bennington, and it is stated that his brother Jonathan had a 
musket ball pass through his body coming out under his left 
shoulder, and another pass through his thigh. The four broth- 
ers who were in the battle were : Rev. Aaron Haynes, Dr. 
Thomas Haynes, David Haynes and Jonathan Haynes. There 
is a tradition that Aaron Haynes's wife Molly, becoming fright- 
ened when the battle of Bennington began, placed all of her 
children in a feather-bed in a house, and started for Norwich, 
Conn., in her fright. 

Eunice'' Haynes, daughter of Aaron,s was born March 7, 
1769 ; married Ebenezer Baker ; she died at Pawlet, Vt., Nov. 
2, i8io. 



PHILLIPS. 



Seth' Phillips of Groton, Mass., purchased a farm of sixty- 
six acres bounded northerly by Sandy Pond, of William Powers 
of Littleton, Mass., June 14, 1777 (Middlesex Deeds, vol. xxi : 
p. 259), "which land is the whole of the upland which did be- 
long to John Tarbell of his Father Thomas Tarbell, his liveing 
in Groton." He sold his homestead of 42 acres to "my son 
Seth Phillips, Jun'., of Groton," on July 12, 1757, his wife 



* Perhaps this name should be Parmalee or Parmelee. 



Phillips. 69 

Lydia joining in the deed. Seth Phillips of Grot on, husband- 
man, "being now weak of body," and "for avoiding controver- 
sies after my decease," made his will, which was signed July 
27, 1757, in which he bequeathed "To my two sons Isaac and 
Amos Phillips," £2 : 13^-.: 4^. each, and his carpenter's tools ; 
"to my son Samuel Phillips"; "to my son Seth Phillips"; 
"to my five daughters, Elizabeth Nutting, Jemima Gilson, 
Lydia Adams, Susanna Phillips and Kezia Phillips," he left 
various legacies. The will was proved Sept. 8, 1757. He 
died at Groton, evidently in the summer of 1757, and his wife 
Lydia , died before 1775. 

Amos" Phillips, son of Seth' by his wife Lydia, was born 
at Groton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1719: baptized there April 24, 
1720; died at Plymouth, N. H., Oct. 25, 180 1. He married 
in 1746 (marriage intention recorded at Lunenburg, Feb. 8, 
1745/6), Abigail Dodge, a native of Topsfield, Mass. He set- 
tled in what was then Dunstable, Mass., about 1746, and 
removed in 1767 to Plymouth, N. H. His wife was born 
at Topsfield, Dec. 6, 1724, and died at Plymouth, Feb. 15, 
1808. 

JoHN^ Phillips, son of Amos," was born at Dunstable, Mass., 
March 18, 1760; died at West Haven, Vt., Aug. 15, 1825. 
He married at Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 18, 1783, Anna Cum- 
mings, who was born at Hollis, N. H., March 11, 1764; died 
after Dec. 4, 1839, at which date she was "suffering from 
great physical debility," as appears from records in the War 
Department at Washington, D. C. John^ Phillips served in 
the Revolutionary War in Capt. Thomas Simpson's company, 
commanded by Col. Charles Johnson, serving two months from 
Oct. I, 1776, and travelling no miles. (New Hampshire 
Rev. War Rolls, vol. iv: pp. 80, 82.) On March 27, 1777, he 
enlisted for the war as a private in the Seventh company, 



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Third N. H. Reg't, commanded by Capt. Benja. Stone and 
by Capt. McGregore, Alexander Scannell, Colonel. {Ibid., pp. 
86, 38.) He continued in service from and for Plymouth, and 
was promoted to be corporal April i, 1780, appearing as such 
on a return of Capt. Saml. Cherry's company of Light Infan- 
try, of Col. George Reid's Reg't, dated Feb. 14, 1781. {Ibid., 
p. 233 ; History of Plymouth, vol. i : p. 47.) He was wounded 
in action at Ticonderoga, and taken to the hospital in Albany, 
N. Y. ; on his recovery he rejoined the Continental Army, then 
at Valley Forge. In 1778 he was again wounded, receiving a 
shot in his right knee in a skirmish at White Plains, near 
New York. In 1782 he was wounded for the third time in 
an affair near Pine Bridge, N. Y., where he was taken prisoner 
and carried to New York ; after he had been confined for 
about four months he was exchanged, and shortly afterward 
received an honorable discharge. He applied for a pension 
April 27, 1 8 19, and his record as above is given in the accom- 
panying affidavit. His pension certificate was signed by Hon. 
John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War. His widow, Ann 
Phillips, applied for a pension on account of her husband's 
service, Dec. 4, 1839, which was granted in 1840. (Docu- 
ments in War Department, Washington.) The Revolutionary 
War Rolls of N. H., (vol. iii : p. 307), have the record of a 
John Phillips, who served twice in Capt. Samuel Young's com- 
pany in 1777-8, one month from March i, 1777, in Col. Tim- 
othy Bedel's expedition against Canada, and again in the same 
company and regiment, from Dec. 15, 1777, to March, 1778, 
but nothing has been found to identify him with John, the son 
of Amos. 

Anna'* Phillips, daughter of John,^ was born at Plymouth, 
N. H., April 28, 1784; married about 1800, John Mason of 
Littleton, N. H. 



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HAWES. 

Richard' Hawes came in the "True-love," in which he 
embarked for New England Sept. 19, 1635, at the age of 29. 
With him came his wife Ann, aged 26, his daughter Ann, aged 
2i years, and his son Obadiah, aged 6 months. He settled 
at Dorchester, Mass., and was admitted a freeman May 2, 
1638. He died at Dorchester the last of Dec, 1656, or early 
in Jan., 1657. His wife Ann died probably before 1662. 

Obadiah^ Hawes, son of Richard,' was born in England 
early in 1635 I died at Dorchester, Oct. 5, 1690. After April 
19, 1662, he assumed the management of his father's estate, 
which was administered by Major-Gen. Humphrey Atherton 
and Lieut. Roger Clap of Dorchester. He was made a free- 
man May 23, 1666, and was chosen a constable in 1670. He 
married about 1662, Mary, daughter of Elder James Hum- 
phrey of Dorchester; she died at Dorchester, April 21, 1676. 

Obadiah^ Hawes, Jr., son of Obadiah,- was born at Dor- 
chester, Mass., Aug. 20, 1663 ; married at Boston, Dec. 19, 
1693, Rebecca Cowen of Scituate, Mass., Samuel Sewall, Esq., 
performing the ceremony ; they settled at Dorchester. 

Eleazer4 Hawes, son of Obadiah, ^ Jr., was born at Dor- 
chester, Mass., "the last of June, 1707"; he settled in that 
part of the old town of Dorchester which in 1727 was incor- 
porated as Stoughton. On April 26, 1729, the marriage in- 
tention between Eleazer Hawes and Mary Belcher, both of 
Stoughton, was entered there, and July 9, 1729, they were 
married by the Rev. Samuel Dunbar. She was born at Lynn, 
Mass., Nov. 22, 17 1 3, and removed to Milton with her parents 
about 1720. 



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Williams Hawes, son of Eleazer/ was born at Stoughton 
(the part now Sharon), Mass., May 19, 1753. He lived at 
Milton, Mass., from 1774 to 1780, and then removed to Brook- 
field, Vt. ; died at Braintree, Vt., April 21, 1804. He married 
about 1773, Esther Smith, perhaps the daughter of Abijah and 
Amity Smith of Milton, born April 12, 1758, who married (2), 
Ichabod Hyde of Brookfield, where she died Nov. 13, 18 14. 
He served in the Revolutionary Army from Feb. i, 1777, the 
date of his enlistment, to Feb. 14, 1780, when he was dis- 
charged. He was a private in Capt. John Spurr's company of 
Col. Thomas Nixon's Sixth Reg't, of the Continental Army, 
being credited to the town of Milton. His regiment appears 
to have been near Peek skill and in the Highlands in New 
York. He enlisted for three years ; he appears to have first 
entered Capt. Bradley's company of Col. Benjamin Gill's Reg't, 
and later to have been transferred to Capt. Spurr's company, 
as noted above. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, Rev. War, vol. 
vii: pp. 556, 576.) 

HuLDAH^ Hawes, daughter of William,5 was born Dec. 24, 
1785, probably at Brookfield, Vt. ; married there Aug. 29, 
1805, Joel Fint; she died May 4, 1857. 



TYLER. 



Job' Tyler, who was born about 1620, appeared at Mount 
Wollaston (now Ouincy), Mass., in 1637, but settled at An- 
dover, Mass., early. He mortgaged his house as security for 
the payment of money, March 5, 1650. In 1661 he deposed 
that he was about forty years of age, and his wife Mary was 
then about the same age. In 1665 he removed to Roxbury, 
Mass., where his wife Mary joined John Eliot's church. May 
28, 1665, and on the next Sunday their sons John and Samuel 
were baptized there. In 1669 he removed to Mendon, Mass., 



Tyler. 73 

from which place he was driven by the Indians in 1675. He 
returned to Roxbury, but before 168 1 was living at Rowley 
Village (now Boxford), Mass., as in 1680 he was distinguished 
there from his son Moses Tyler as '* Old Goodman Tyler." 
He later went back to Andover, where after the death of his 
wife — probably in 1700 — he divided his estate among his sons. 

Moses- Tyler, son of Job,' was born at Andover, Mass., 
about 1641 ; died there Oct. 2, 1727. He married at Ando- 
ver, July 6, 1666, Prudence Blake, who died at Boxford, Mass., 
March 19, 1689. He removed from Andover to Boxford 
about 1666, but returned to Andover in his old age. The in- 
scription on his tomb-stone in the old North Andover Ceme- 
tery reads as follows : — 

Here lyes buried | ye body of Mr. | Moses Tyler who | died 
October ye 2"d | 1727 & in the | 86 year of his age. 

He married (2), Sarah (Hascy) Sprague, widow of Phineas 
Sprague. She died in 171 8, and he married (3), in July or 
August, 17 1 8, widow Martha Fiske, who died Feb. 13, 1735. 
He was a selectman of Rowley 1691, 1694, 1695, 1698 and 
1 71 2. He served on various town and church committees in 
1685, 1691, 1695, 1699, i7ioand 1711 ; was town treasurer 
171 5, and 1717 to 1720. In 1696 he was chosen custodian 
of the town's ammunition, which office gave him the title of 
Quartermaster. 

WILL OF MOSES TYLER, 1725. 

I, Moses Tyler of Andover, in the County of Essex, and Province 
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, husbandman, being at 
present of sound mind and memory, but considering my mortality, 
have thought meet to make this my last will and testament. And 
first of all, I commit my soul into the hands of God, who gave it, 
and my body I commit to the earth in hope of a blessed resurrec- 
tion at the last day, through the merits of my Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, — and as for my worldly estate which God hath given 
me, I give and dispose of the same in manner following : 



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As for my sons Moses, John, Ebenezer, Job, Jonathan, James and 
Joshua, I have formerly given them their full portion out of my estate, 
according to my ability. Also I give to my six sons, first mentioned, 
ten pounds apiece, and to my son Joshua, the last mentioned, twenty 
pounds, all of which sums are to be paid by my executor in the space 
of eight years after my decease, and he shall be obliged to pay but 
ten pounds a year, and shall pay the younger before the elder. 

Item, 1 give to my son Jacob all my homestead in Andover, and 
my dwelling house, with all my other buildings, that are upon said 
homestead, and all my meadows in Andover, and all my stock of 
cattle, sheep and swine and household goods and other moveables. 
Excepting so much of my household goods, which my second wife 
brought to me, as shall be left at my decease, which shall be equally 
divided between my son Jacob and his three sisters, Martha, Kath- 
arine and Sarah, and the children of his sisters Joanna and Abigail, 
deceased ; the children of each sister to have one share, and my 
son Jacob shall have the choice of the beds and furniture thereof 
that was his mother's ; and if my son Jacob shall die without issue 
lawfully begotten, then the lands, which I have given him in this 
my will, shall be equally divided among my other sons. 

And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Jacob the 
sole executor of this my last will and testament, and if there is any 
part of my real or personal estate, that I have not disposed [of] in 
this my last will and testament, I give it to my said executor, and I 
do hereby revoke and disannul all and every other will and testa- 
ment by me made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be 
my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal this ninth day of April, Anno Domini, 1725, 
and in the eleventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George 
of England, Scotland, P'rance and Ireland. King, &c. 

Signed, sealed and delivered Moses Tyler 

I)y the said Moses Tyler to be 

his last will and testament 

in presence of us the subscribers. 

John Barnard 

Daniel Colbe 

Sarah Barnard 

{New England Hist. Gen. Req., vol. xii : p. 319.) 




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Ebenezer^ Tyler, son of Moses,'' was born at Boxford, 
Mass., Dec. 17, 1673 ; died there Dec. i, 1742, aged 71 years. 
He married about 1693, Elizabeth — , who died at Bo.xford, 
April 9, 1745, aged 'j'] years. 

David'* Tyler, son of Ebenezer,^ was born at Boxford, 
Mass., June 5, 17 10; baptized in the First Church of Boxford, 
June 18, 1 7 10; died at Piermont, N. H., about 1800. His 
intention of marriage to Martha Howard of Lynn, Mass., was 
entered at Lynn, Nov. 21, 1736. The marriage was forbidden 
by Benjamin Downing, Nov. 22, 1736, but the objection was 
found insufidcient according to law on Nov. 25, 1736. (Lynn 
Vital Records, vol. ii : p. 380.) His marriage intention was 
entered at Boxford, Nov. 28, 1736, and he probably married 
soon after. His wife Martha died at Piermont about 1805. 
He lived in Boxford until 1750, when he went to Lebanon, 
Conn., from which place he removed to Piermont, in 176S, 
where he was among the pioneers. 

Davids Tyler, Jr., son of David,* was born at Boxford, 
Mass., Nov. 4, 1749; he removed with his parents to Leba- 
non, Conn., in 1750, and again to Piermont, N, H., in 1768; 

he married about 1774, Judith , who was born Nov. 15, 

1 75 1. He was a signer of the test association at Piermont 
with his father in 1776; served in Col. Morey's Militia from 
Oct. 5, 1777. (New Hampshire Rev. War Rolls, vol, iv : p. 

1 34-) 

Phebe^ Tyler, daughter of David,s was born at Piermont, 
N. H., June 4, 1789; married Oct. n, 1811, Benjamin West 
of Charlestown, N. H. She died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 
16, 1851. 

The following account of some experiences of the Tyler fam- 
ily at Piermont, is compiled from Powers's Historical Sketches 
of the Coos Country and Vicinity, 1841, pp. 105-111. 



•J 6 Ancestral Lines. 



LIFE AT PIERMONT. 

Davicl4 Tyler, Sr,, with his wife Martha and his sons Daniel, 
Ebenezer, David, Jr., and Jonathan, removed to Piermont in the 
autumn of 1768. During the winter of 1769 wild game was abun- 
dant in the township, especially moose, deer, bears and w^olves. 
Some years after they settled there a bear came into their barn- 
yard at different times, "while men slept," and destroyed their 
sheep. This was sport for Bruin but destruction to the Tylers. At 
length, Jonathan Tyler, aroused to a sense of the injury inflicted 
upon the family, resolved on revenge. Procuring three guns he 
charged them heavily with powder and balls, keeping them ready 
for any emergency. A few nights later, Mr. Tyler heard the cry of 
distress in his father's yard. He sprang from his bed, seized his 
guns, and sallied forth. Approaching the yard he saw the bear de- 
vouring his prey. Without delay the three guns were " let off " in 
rapid succession and every ball took effect, one i3enetrating the 
heart. 

At that time the Tylers were obliged to travel to Genl. Morey's 
Hill in Orford, to have their corn ground, often journeying to 
Charlestown, N. H., and to Northfield, Mass., for breadstuffs. They 
seldom attempted to ride on horseback to Haverhill for several 
years after they came to Piermont, owing to the bad condition of 
the road. 

In 1770, this whole section of country from I^ancaster, N. H., 
to Northfield, Mass., was devastated by the army worm, from the 
latter part of July until September, The wheat and corn crops 
were devoured, but pumpkin-vines, peas, potatoes and flax were not 
attacked. This visitation, destroying the principal grains, was felt 
severely by the new settlement at Piermont, for it not only cut off 
the supply of breadstuffs, but it deprived the people of the means of 
making their pork, and reduced the quantity of fodder for their 
cattle. 

The following winter David Tyler, Sr., drew hay on a hand-sled 
upon the ice from the great Ox-Bow in Newbury, to feed his 
cow. Had it not been for two sources opened for their support, 
Mr. Tyler's family must have deserted the town. One was the ex- 



Upham. yy 

traordinary crop of pumpkins which grew in Haverhill, N, H., and 
in Newbury, Vt. The settlers in these towns gave those of Pier- 
mont the privilege of carrying away, gratis, as many pumpkins as 
they would. The Tylers and others made a kind of raft, and trans- 
ported quantities of this vegetable from the older settled towns to 
Piermont. Another source of support was opened to them by the 
appearance of immense numbers of pigeons following the army 
worm. 

David Tyler and his brothers began taking pigeons on the mead- 
ows, west of Haverhill Corner, and in the space of ten days, they 
had captured more than four hundred dozen ! They carried them 
to Piermont and made " a bee " for picking pigeons ; two or three 
times a week the people of Haverhill were invited down to Mr. 
Tyler's for this purpose. Those who went had the meat of all 
they picked, and the Tylers had the feathers. Jonathan Tyler said 
that " they made four very decent beds of those feathers." The 
bodies of the pigeons were dressed, dried and preserved for winter, 
and proved a palatable and nutritious substitute for other meats, of 
which there was a great scarcity. 



UPHAM. 



John' Upham was born about 1597 ; settled at Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1635 ; removed to Maiden, Mass., about 1649, ^"^^ 
died there Feb. 25, 1681/2, aged 84 years. He was a Deputy 
from Weymouth to the Massachusetts General Court for 1636, 
1637, 1638 and 1639; admitted freeman Sept. 2, 1635. He 
was a Commissioner to the Indians in 1642. He was a Com- 
missioner to end small causes in 1644, 1645, 1646 and 1647. 
He was a selectman at Weymouth in 1643, and at Maiden, 
also retaining the ofBce of Commissioner in the latter town. 
For more than twenty-four years he was a deacon of the First 

Church of Maiden. He married (i), Elizabeth , who was 

living in 1670. He married (2), at Maiden, in August, 167 1, 
Catharine Hollard, whose name may have been Holland. 



yZ Ancestral Lines. 

Phinehas- Upiiam, son of John,' was born at Weymouth 
about 1636 ; died at Boston in October, 1676, at the age of 41 
years; buried in Maiden. He married at Maiden, April 14, 
1658, Ruth Wood, who died at Maiden, Jan. 18, 1696/7, aged 
60 years. He was a Lieutenant in Capt. Wayte's company. 
King Philip's War, with Maj. Samuel Appleton, October, 1675, 
and later with Capt. Jonathan Poole, a Lieutenant in the Fourth 
company, commanded by Capt. Isaac Johnson, and was in the 
"Great Swamp Fight" at Fort Canonicus, on Dec. 19, 1675. 
Capt. Johnson being killed early in the engagement, the com- 
mand devolved upon Lieut. Upham, who was so severely 
wounded that he died in the following October. 

" In battle Lieut. Upham exhibited the character of a brave 
man and a patriot, purchasing with mortal wounds the palm of 
victory. The Government was not unmindful of his great sac- 
rifice, but bore testimony upon the records to the long and 
good service rendered for his country and the great loss sus- 
tained by his friends in his death." 

Thomas^ Upham, son of Phinehas,^ was born at Maiden, 
Mass., in 1668; died at Reading, Mass., Nov. 26, 1735, in 
the 67th year of his age. He probably lived in that part of 
ancient Maiden which was set off to Reading in 1727, occupy- 
ing the same farm through life. He married (i), at Topsfield, 
Mass., April 21, 1693, Elizabeth Hovey of Topsfield, who died 
Feb. 16, 1703/4, aged 32 3^ears. He married (2), Oct. 2, 
1704, Mary Brown of Reading, where she died April 21, 1707, 
^gcd 33 years. He married (3), Ruth, widow of John Smith 
of Charlestown, and daughter of Thomas Cutler of Reading. 
She was born in 1688 and died May 17, 1758, in the 70th year 
of her age. In his will, dated Jan. 13, 1729/30, he made a 
bequest "to my daughter Elizabeth Wilson " [Woolson]. 

Elizabeth'' Upham, daughter of Thomas,^ by wife Elizabeth, 
was born at Maiden, Mass., Nov. 30, 1695 ; married at Maiden, 
Oct. 6, 1726, Joseph Woolson of Weston. 



Robbins. — Armstrong. 79 

ROBBINS. 

Robert' Robbins who was born about 1645, was a settler 
in Concord, Mass. He married about 1670, Mary Maxwell (?), 
who died in March, 1725. He died March 23, 1720. 

Thomas- Robbins, son of Robert,' was born about 1686; 
married at Concord, Aug. 6, 171 3, Lydia Adams of Chelms- 
ford, Mass., who was born April 2, 1691. 

Leah^ Robbins, daughter of Thomas,- was born April 25, 
1 7 18; married Timothy Chase of Sutton and Tcmpleton, 
Mass., Townshend and Londonderry, Vt. 



ARMSTRONG. 



Benjamin' Armstrong of Norwich, Conn., appears to have 
been one of the first planters of Windham, Conn., and also a 
patentee of Mansfield, Conn., in 1703. He made his will 
Nov. 5, 17 1 7, and died Jan. 10, 17 17/18. His wife was 
Rachel — . 

Joseph- Armstrong, son of Benjamin,' was born at Nor- 
wich, Conn., Dec. 10, 1684; married Lydia Worth, probably 
a daughter of John and Miriam (Gordon) Worth of Nantucket. 

William^ Armstrong, son of Joseph,^ was born Oct. ri, 
1718; baptized Nov. 28, 1718; married at Franklin, Conn., 
March 16, 1743, Mercy Pitcher, probably a daughter of Samuel 
Pitcher of Milton, Mass., and Norwich, Conn. She died Oct. 
30, 1766. 

Mary4 Armstrong, daughter of William,^ was born at 
Norwich, Conn., Sept. 10, 1745 ; married June 23, 1768, Rev. 
Aaron Haynes. She died probably at Hoosick, N. Y., Aug. 
27, 1811. 



go Ancestral Lines. 

BARNEY. 

Jacob' Barney, probably son of Edward Barney of Brad- 
enham, Co. Bucks, England, was an early settler at Salem, 
Mass., where he was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. He 
was born about 1601, and died April 28, 1673, aged 72 years. 
He opposed the sentence of the General Court against those 
who petitioned for a freer franchise. He was a Deputy from 
Salem to the Massachusetts General Court for 1635, 1638, 
1647 and 1653. 

Jacob" Barney, Jr., son of Jacob,' was probably born in 
England ; died at Rehoboth, Mass. He married (i), at Salem, 
Mass., Aug. 18, 1657, Hannah Johnson, who died at Salem, 
June 5, 1659. He married (2), at Salem, April 26, 1660, 
Ann Witt of Lynn. He made his will July 30, 1690, being 
"aged," and it was probated Jan. 10, 1 690/1. 

Joseph^ Barney, son of Jacob,=' by his second marriage, 
was born at Salem, Mass., March 9, 1672/3 ; died at Reho- 
both, Feb. 5, 1 730/1. He married about 1692, Constance 
Davis. He is styled Lieutenant on the records. 

Joseph^ Barney, son of Lieut. Joseph,^ by his wife Con- 
stance, was born at Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 16, 1700; died 
there "Dec. 15, 1745/6" [sic].* His intention was entered at 
Rehoboth Oct. 15, and his marriage recorded Dec. 29, 1726, 
to Joanna Martin of that town. 

Josephs Barney, son of Joseph,-* and the third of the name 
in lineal succession, was born at Rehoboth, Mass., March 15, 
1731 ; died Oct. 4, 1821. His intention of marriage was pub- 



* In copying this death, perhaps Mr. Arnold called the twelfth month Decem- 
ber, whereas it was then February, in which case the correct date would be 
Feb. 15, 1745/6, and this seems to be implied by the double date. 



X 



Cummings. 8i 

lished Dec. 2, and he married Dec. 24, 1752, his cousin Lois 
Martin of Rehoboth. He lived in Taunton, Mass. In the 
Revolutionary War he was a sergeant in Capt. Carpenter's 
company, Col. Simon Cary's Reg't, Genl. John Fellows's Brig- 
ade. He "served five months at New York and White Plains," 
and was discharged Dec. i, 1776. (Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, 
Rev. War, vol. i: p. 649.) Again he served as a private in 
Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's company of Col. Josiah Whitney's 
Reg't, from May 13, 1777, to July 5, 1777, and the pay-roll 
included his travel from Point Judith and South Kingston, 
R. I., to Rehoboth, Mass. {Ibid., p. 686.) Later he was a 
private in Capt. Peleg Peck's company of Col. George Wil- 
liams's Reg't, and marched on a secret expedition under Major 
Gen. Spencer, Sept. 29, 1777, serving at Tiverton, R. L, till 
he was discharged, Oct. 30, 1777. {/bid., 66^.) 

Martha'"' Barney, daughter of Joseph,5 was born at Reho- 
both, Mass, Feb. 18, 1754; married Perez Mason of Grafton, 
N. H. 



CUMMINGS. 

Isaac' Cummings was born in 1601, probably in England; 
died at Topsfield, Mass., in May, 1677. He was an early settler 
of Ipswich, Mass., and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. 
He removed from Ipswich to Topsfield before 1661, and was 
for many years a deacon of the First Church in the latter town. 
His wife's name does not seem to be known. 

John' Cummings, son of Isaac,' was born in 1630; died at 
Dunstable, Mass., Dec. i, 1700. In 1658 he went to Boxford, 
and about 1680 removed to Dunstable where he was one of 
the early settlers and a selectman. He married Sarah How- 
lett of Ipswich. 



82 Ancestral Lines. 

JoiiN^ CuMMiNGS, Jr., son of John,^ was born at Boxforcl, 
Mass., in 1657, and was an early settler of Dunstable, Mass. 
He married, Sept. 13, 1680, Elizabeth Kinsley, who was born 
at Braintree, Mass., Nov. 22, 1657, and was killed by Indians, 
July 3, 1706, in that part of Dunstable which later became 
Nashua, N. H. 

Samuel'* Cummings, son of John,^ was born at Chelmsford, 
Mass., Oct. 6, 1684; died in 1768. Relived in that part of 
Groton, Mass., which in 1753 was annexed to Dunstable. He 
married at Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 14, 1708/9, Elizabeth 
Shedd of Groton. 

Jerahmeels Cummings, son of Samuel,'' was born Oct. 10, 
171 1 ; died Oct. 21, 1747. He settled in We.st Dunstable, 
now Hollis, N. H. He married in 1736, Hannah Farwell, of 
that part of Dunstable which is now the town of Tyngsborough, 
Mass. In 1743 he was chosen ensign, and treasurer of the 
parish of Hollis. 

JoTUAM^ Cummings, son of Jerahmeel,^ was born at Hollis, 
N. H., then West Dunstable, Mass., Dec. 29, 1741 ; died at 
Plymouth, N. H., April i or 14, 1808, aged 66 years. He 
was a soldier in the French and Indian War in 1755, and was 
at Crown Point in 1760. In the Revolutionary War he held 
the commission of second lieutenant from July 6, 1775, serv- 
ing until Dec. 21, 1775, in Capt. James Osgood's company of 
Rangers, which joined the northern Continental Army. He 
received 70 shillings per month, amounting to ^19: i8j-. : 'jd. 
(New Hampshire Rev. War Rolls, vol. i: pp. 166, 170, 168.) 
In 1 781 he was a selectman of Plymouth. He married April 
27, 1763, Anna Brown of Hollis. She was born Oct. 23, 
1744, and died Nov. 8, 1827, having lived to see sixty-eight 
grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. He removed 
from Hollis to Plymouth in 1764. 



Gibbons. 83 

Anna7 Cummings, daughter ui Jotham,^ was born at IloUis, 
N. H., March 1 1, 1764 ; married at Plymouth, N. H., Dec. 18, 
1783, John Phillips of Plymouth. 



GIBBONS (GIBBINS). 

F'lTCH (FiTz)' GiBBiNS vvas a resident of Stoughton, Mass., 
ii\ [761. He was a husbandman, and married (i), at Stough- 
ton, July 3, 1 761, widow Naomi (Noyes) Caldwell of that town. 
The intention was entered there May 9, 1761. Naomis Noyes 
was the daughter of John"* {Jo/m,^ Jo/ui,'- Nicholas') and Deborah 
(Savell) Noyes of Newbury, Abington, and Stoughton, Mass., 
and married (i), in 1755, William Caldwell. (Noyes Gen- 
ealogy, 1904, vol.i: p. 62.) She died about 1766, for the 

marriage intention of Fitch Gibbins was again entered 

[before Oct.] 4, 1766, with Margaret Howard of Braintree, 
and the baptism of two of his children at Stoughton was 
recorded in St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church of Dedham before 
the Revolutionary War. He and his wife Naomi, for £2$, 
deeded " one-fifth of two-thirds of the real estate of our father 
John Noyes, late of Stoughton, innholder," to Esther Noyes 
of Stoughton, March 2, 1765. (Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. cxi.x : 
p. 213.) He and his second wife Margaret deeded for £12, 
land in Stoughton to Joseph Riford of Braintree, March 26, 
1782, which he acknowledged March 6, 1784, when he was 
described as of Dedham. His death is not on the Dedham 
records, and the settlement of his estate is not recorded in 
Suffolk Co. It may be in Norfolk Co., which vvas set off from 
Suffolk in 1793. 

Margaret^ Gibbons, who is thought to have been the 
daughter of Fitch,' was born Aug. 12, 1768, probably at 
Stoughton; married Dec. 10, 1786, Joseph Fenno of Milton. 



84 Ancestral Lines. 

FORD (FOORDE). 

Andrew' Ford, an early settler of Weymouth, Mass., was 
made a freeman in 1654 ; resided in that town until after 1663. 
He removed to Hingham, Mass., and died there March 4, 
1693. He married before 1650, Eleanor or Ellen Lovell of 
Weymouth. 

Nathaniel- Ford, son of Andrew,' was born at Weymouth, 
Mass., March 31, 1658, and died there May 5, 1733, aged j6 

years. He married before 1683, Joanna , who died at 

Weymouth, Aug. 29, 1739. 

Nathaniel^ Ford, Jr., son of Nathaniel,^ was born at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., Nov. 21, 1695, and died there Dec, 24, 1769. 
He was published at Weymouth, March 7, 17 19, to Hannah 
Pratt, who died there May 23, 1740. 

James'' Ford, son of Nathaniel, ^ was born at Weymouth, 
Mass., March 8, 1724, and died there March 13, 1782, aged 
58 years. He was published at Weymouth, May 18, 1750, to 
Deborah Badlam, who died there July 11, 1798, aged 68 years. 
He was called " Captain " at the time of his death. 

Deborahs Ford, daughter of James,"* was born at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., Oct. I, 1766; she was published Sept. 4, and 
married Nov. i, 1784, in the South Parish of that town, to 
Samuel Fenno of Milton, Mass. She died at Milton, Oct. 10, 
1793. (Weymouth Vital Records.) 



STEARNS. 

Isaac" Stearns embarked at Yarmouth, England, April 8, 
1630, and arrived at Salem, Mass., June 12, 1630. He came 
in the good ship "Arabella." He soon removed to Water- 



Stearns. 85 

town, Mass., where he was one of the first settlers. He was 
made a freeman May r8, 163 1. He married in 1622, Mary, 
daughter of John and Margaret Barker of Stoke-by-Nayland, 
Co. Suffolk, England. He died at Watertown, June 19, 167 1 ; 
and his widow Mary died April 2, 1677, 

IsAAC^ Stearns, Jr., son of Isaac,' was born at Watertown, 
Mass., Jan. 6, 1632/3 ; died at Lexington, Mass., Aug. 29, 
1676. He married at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Mass., 
June 28, 1660, Sarah Beers of Watertown. She married (2), 
July 23, 1677, Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Mass. 

IsAAC^ Stearns, son of Isaac,^ Jr., was born at Lexington, 
Mass., Aug. 20, 1665 ; died at Stoughton, Mass., in 1741. He 
was taxed in Lexington in 1692. He was admitted to the 
Lexington Church from Watertown, May 8, 1699, but removed 
from Lexington to Stoughton about 1716. Administration 
was granted upon his estate May 22, 1741. He married about 
1696, Elizabeth . 

Jonathan^ Stearns, son of Isaac,^ was baptized at Lexing- 
ton, Mass., Nov. 20, 1 701 ; the Inventory of his estate was 
taken at Stoughton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1769. He married there 
May 24, 1727, Experience Lincoln of Taunton, Mass. 

Nathaniels Stearns, son of Jonathan,-* was born at Stough- 
ton, Mass., about 1729; died there in 1788. He was ap- 
pointed administrator of the estate of Jonathan Stearns, late of 
the District of Stoughtonham (now Sharon), yeoman, deceased, 
and returned his account to the judge of probate May 7, 1771. 
(Suffolk Probate, vol. Ixx : p. 289.) Nathaniel Stearns of 
Stoughtonham, and Eunice Kenney of Stoughton, were pub- 
lished May 13, 1769, and married the 29th of June following. 
Eunice Stearns, widow, and Nathaniel Fisher, gentleman, were 
appointed administrators of the estate of Nathaniel Stearns, 



86 Ancestral Lines. 

"late of Stoughton, deceased," Nov. lO, 1788. His Inventory 
shows that the deceased had two-thirds of the estate of Josiah 
Kinney, deceased, valued at £T2. (Suffolk Co. Wills, vol. 
Ixxxvii: pp. 549, 585.) 

Eunice^ Stearns, daughter of Nathaniel, 5 was born at 
Stoughton, Mass., July 19, 1774; she is mentioned in the 
division of her father's estate in 1788; married Levi Knight 
of Francestown, N. H., and of Walden, Vt. 



LILLIE (LILLEY). 

Elisil-k-* Lillie, Jr., son of Elisha^ and Sarah (Knight) 
Lillie, was born at Windham (now Scotland), Conn., Dec. 10, 
1729. He was probably of the fourth generation from George 
Lillie, who was at Reading, Mass., as early as 1659. His 
father, Elisha^ Lillie, Sr., is said to have been born April 10, 
1699, and to have married Sarah Knight, May 25, 1721. Eli- 
sha^ Lillie, Jr., lived in the Third Parish of Windham. He 
married Huldah Tilden, and died in 18 17. He was not Elisha 
Lillie, the Revolutionary pensioner, as that man was much 
younger, and was living at Randolph, Vt., in 1835. 

Jerushas Lillie, daughter of Elisha,4 was born at Windham, 
Conn., May 20, 1757 ; she married there April 22, 1773, James 
Flint, 3d, of Windham, and later of Randolph, Vt. 



DEXTER. 



Thomas' Dexter settled at Lynn, Mass., in 1630, and was 
made a freeman May 18, 1631. He removed to Sandwich, 
Mass., between 1637 and 1648; administration was granted 
on his estate Feb. 9, 1676. 



Hovey. 87 

William- I^extek, sou of Thomas/ was born i)robably at 
Lynn, Mass., and married at Barnstable, Mass., in July, 1653, 
Sarah Vincent. They removed to Rochester, Mass., where he 
died in 1694. 

Benjamin^ Dexter, son of William,- was born at Barnstable, 
Mass., in February, 1670; he removed to Rochester, Mass., 
and according to Otis, married in that town July 27, 1695, 
Mary Miller. The correctness of Otis's statement is doubted 
by descendants. 

EphraiiW Dexter, son of Benjamin, ^ was born at Roches- 
ter, Mass., May 27, 171 1, and married July 31, 1735, Martha 
Clark. 

Lois5 Dexter, daughter of Ephraim,'' was born at Roches- 
ter, Mass., Dec. 6, 1748. She married there Aug. 28, T768, 
Timothy West, and died at Chaiiestown, N. H., Nov. 19, 183 1, 
aged nearly 84 years. 



HOVEY. 



Daniel' Hovey was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., in 
1637. He was born in 1618 ; died at Ipswich, April 24, 1692. 
He was admitted a freeman March 11, 1673. He subscribed 
with others to support Major Dennison as a leader of the 
Colony in 1648 ; he owned a share in Plum Island in 1664; 
removed to Quaboag (Brookfield), Mass., in 1668, and was in 
the Brookfield massacre in 1675 ; upon the destruction of the 
town he removed to Hadley, Mass., but after 1677 returned to 
Ipswich. He married Abigail Andrews, daughter of Robert 
Andrews of Ipswich. She died at Ipswich, June 24, 1665. 
As administrator of the estate of Thomas Andrews, teacher, 
at Ipswich, Mr. Hovey wrote : " More than forty years did I 



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match with his loving and well-beloved sister Abigail Andrews, 
by whom the Lord blessed me with six sons and one dafter, five 
of which sons are yet living." (Essex Co. Court Records, 1683.) 
In his will, dated March 21, 169 1/2, he made bequests "to my 
eldest sons Daniel and John Hovey." 

JoHN^ Hovey, son of Daniel,' was born at Ipswich, Mass., 
about 1644; married (i), Aug. 13, 1665, Dorcas Ivory of Tops- 
field, Mass. He lived in Topsfield and Ipswich. His will was 
dated March 22, and was proved April 7, 17 18. He married 
(2), in 1712, Mercy Goodhue. 

Elizabeth^ Hovey, daughter of John,^ was born at Tops- 
field, Mass., Jan. 18, 1672; married there April 21, 1693, 
Thomas Upham of Maiden, where she died Feb. 16, 1703/4, 
aged 32 years. 



CRAGIN (CRAGGIN). 

John' Cragin appeared as a settler at Woburn, Mass., about 
1660. He married there Nov. 4, 1661, Sarah Dawes, who 
died Dec. 23, 1725. He died at Woburn, Oct. 27, 1708. 

Abigail- Cragin, daughter of John,' was born at Woburn, 
Mass., Aug. 4, 1662 ; married there March 2, 168 1, John 
Knight of that town. 



ADAMS. 



Thomas' Adams who was a Cambridge proprietor in 1639, 
removed to Braintree, Mass. He was a proprietor at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., in 1643 ; thence he went to Concord, Mass., 
where he sold his house and land Jan. i, 1654/5, '^'^^ settled 
in Chelmsford, Mass. He married in 1642, Mary Blackmore. 



Johnson. 89 

He died in 1688, leaving a will dated March 28, 1688, in which 
he made a bequest to his " son Jonathan." His Inventory was 
taken Aug. 1 1, 1688. 

Jonathan^ Adams, son of Thomas,' was born probably at 
Concord, Mass., March 6, 1646; married Leah Gould. 

Lydia^ Adams, daughter of Jonathan,^ was born at Chelms- 
ford, Mass., April 2, 1691 ; married at Concord, Mass., Aug. 
6, 17 1 3, Thomas Robbins of Concord. 



JOHNSON. 

Capt. Edward' Johnson, author of the celebrated history 
of New England, called the " Wonder-working Providence of 
Sion's Saviour in New-England," was baptized at Canterbury, 
Co. Kent, England, Sept. 16 or 17, 1598, and died at Woburn, 
Mass., April 23, 1672. He was a man of large influence in 
the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and held many offices. He 
was active in founding the First Church of Woburn, and com- 
manded the first military company of the town. In 1665 he 
was appointed to make a map of the Colony. His wife Su- 
sanna , died March 7, 1689/90. 

Matthew^ Johnson, son of Capt. Edward,' was baptized at 
Canterbury, England, March 30, 1633 ; died at Woburn, Mass., 
July 19, 1696, aged 62 years. He married (i), Nov. 12, 1656, 
Hannah Palfrey of Salem and Reading, Mass., who died Aug. 
I, 1662. He married (2), Oct. 23, 1662, Rebecca, daughter 
of Elder John Wis wall of Boston. She died Dec. 25, 1709. 
He was a sergeant and a lieutenant in the Woburn train-band. 

Matthew^ Johnson, Jr., son of Matthew^ and his second 
wife, was born at Woburn, Mass., March 18, 1667/8; died 
there Aug. 8, 1740. He married (i), Dec. 12, 1695, Mary, 



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daughter of George and Hannah (Rockwell) Reed of Woburn. 
She died Oct. 4, 1703, and he married (2), Nov. 30, 1704, 
Alice Ward, who died July 31, 1727. He married (3), Han- 
nah Trask; he made his will June 3, 1737, in which he named 
his "daughter Mary Knight." 

MarV Johnson, daughter of Matthew,^ Jr., was born Sept. 
12, 1696; married in November, 17 17, Ebenezer Knight of 
Woburn and Lunenburg, Mass. 



PAGE. 

John' Page, who was an early settler at Hingham, Mass., 
later removed to Haverhill, Mass. He married Mary Marsh, 
and died Nov. 23, 1687. 

Cornelius'' Page, son of John,' was born at Hingham, 
Mass., July 15, 1649; died Oct. 11, 1697. He married (i), 
Nov. 13, 1674, Martha Clough, the date of whose birth has 
not been ascertained: he married (2), Jan. 16, 1684, Mary 
Marsh of Haverhill, who died Nov. 24, 1697. 

Thomas^ Page, son of Cornelius^ and Mary, was born Feb. 
24, 1693/4; married Nov. 25, 171 5, Lydia Bixby of Boxford, 
Mass. 

Ruth'* Page, daughter of Thomas,^ was born March 21, 
1 718; she married as his second wife, in April, 1742, Jona- 
than Haynes of Haverhill, Mass., and Bennington, Vt. She 
died in 1796. 

Robert' Page, aged 33, Lucy Page, aged 30, their three 
children, Francis, Margaret and Susanna, and two servants, 
William Moulton, aged 20, and Anne Wadd, aged 1 5 years, 



Martin. 9 1 

" were desirous to passe into New England to inhabitt " April 
II, 1637. He settled at Hampton, N. H., where he died 
Sept. 22, 1679, aged 75 years. His wife Lucy died there 
Nov. 12, 1665, aged 58 years. 

Margaret^ Page, daughter of Robert,' was probably born 
in Ormsby, Co. Norfolk, England, about 1629; married (i), 
William Moulton of Hampton, N. H.; married (2), John San- 
born. She died July 13, 1699. 

The connection, if any existed, between the two branches 
of the Page family has not been traced. 



MARTIN. 



Richard' Martin, an early settler of Rehoboth, Mass., 
came to New England about 1663. He died at Rehoboth, 
March 2, 1694. He was a surveyor of highways in 1669. 
His will was dated at Rehoboth, June 2, 1686, in which he be- 
queathed property "to my son John Martin." His wife's 
name does not seem to be known. 

JoHN^ Martin, son of Richard,' came with his father about 
1663. He was born about 1633, and died at Swansea, Mass., 
March 21, 17 13/14. His will, dated Aug. 28, 171 1, mentioned 
"my son Ephraim Martin." He married at Swansea, April 
26, 1 67 1, Johanna Esten of North Providence, R. I. She is 
reported to have been born in Hertfordshire, England, June i, 
1645. She died March 23, 1733, aged 88 years. He was 
constable in 1671 ; surveyor in 1673 and 1685 ; a founder of 
the town, and of the Baptist Church of Swansea. 

Ephraim^ Martin, son of John,^ was born at Swansea, Mass., 
Feb. 7, 1676; died at Rehoboth, Mass., June 25, 1734. He 



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made his will May lo, 1734, in which he bequeathed "to my 
son Edward Martin, ;^40." He was published April 28, 1699, 
and married Oct. 18, 1699, Thankful Bullock of Rehoboth; she 
was born June 27, 1681, and died July 22, 1762. 

Edward^ Martin, son of Ephraim,' was born at Rehoboth, 
Mass., Oct. 22, 1700; died there June 2, 1745. He married 
there (i), Nov. 8, 1722, Rebecca, daughter of Jathniel and 
Sarah (Smith) Peck of Rehoboth. She was born Oct. 10, 
1700; baptized May 20, 1701 ; died at Rehoboth, April 14, 
1 73 1. He married (2), at Rehoboth, Jan. 19, 1732, Martha 
Washburn of Bridgewater, Mass., who died June 19, 1770, 
aged about 78 years. (Martin Genealogy, p. 114.) 

Loiss Martin, daughter of Edward,^ by his wife Martha, 
was born at Rehoboth, Mass., Aug. 21, 1733; married Dec. 
24, 1752, her cousin, Capt. Joseph Barney, who lived in Taun- 
ton, Mass. 



Descent is also traced through John^ Martin, a brother of 
Ephraim^ Martin above given, as follows : — 

JoHN^ Martin, Jr., {JoJin,^ RicJiard,,'' as above), was born at 
Swansea, Mass., March 15, 1674; died there Nov. 3, 1757. 
He made his will July 9, 1757, leaving a bequest "to the heirs 
of my daughter, deceased, namely Joannah." He married (i), 
Oct. II, 1701, Mercy Hayward, who died Oct. 11, 1710. He 
was published (2), April 4, 17 13, to Marcy, widow of Richard 
Thurber. He settled in Rehoboth, Mass., where he lived till 
about 1728, when he removed to Swansea. 

Joanna-* Martin, daughter of John,^ was born about 1707, 
probably in Rehoboth, Mass.; married Dec. 29, 1726, Joseph 
Barney, Jr., of Rehoboth. 



Dodge. 93 



DODGE. 

Richard' Dodge, the immigrant, was a settler at Salem, 
Mass., in 1638. He was born about 1602, and died at 
Beverly, Mass., June 15, 1671. He resided in the northern 
part of the town, east of Wenham Lake. His wife was 

Edith — , born about 1603, and died June 27, 1678, aged 

75 years. 

Joseph^ Dodge, son of Richard,' was born at Beverly, Mass., 
in 165 1 ; died there Aug. 10, 17 16, aged 65 years. He lived 
in North Beverly. He married Feb. 21, 167 1/2, Sarah Eaton 
of Reading, Mass., born about 165 i, who died Dec. 12, 1714, 
aged 64 years. 

Joseph^ Dodge, Jr., eldest son of Joseph,^ was born about 
1676 ; he died at Beverly, Mass., Feb. 9, 1756, aged 80 years. 
He was a physician, and lived in " Dodge Row," Beverly. He 
married (i), Nov. 28, 1695, Rebecca Balch, who died Sept. 24, 
1704, aged 29 years. He was published (2), July 9, 1705, to 
Priscilla Eaton of Reading. 

NoAH"* Dodge, son of Joseph, ^ by his wife Rebecca, was 
born at Beverly, Mass., Feb. 17, 1697/8; married Nov. 15, 
1 7 1 7, Margaret Crockett of Kittery, Me. He was a brick and 
stone mason, and lived in Portsmouth, N. H., in Beverly in 
1729, in Lunenburg, Mass., from 1729 to 1736, to which lat- 
ter place he is supposed to have returned after 1739. 

Abigails Dodge, daughter of Noah,-* was born Dec. 6, 17245 
her intention of marriage with Amos Phillips of Dunstable, 
Mass., w^as published at Lunenburg, Feb. 8, 1745/6- She died 
Feb. 15, 1808. 



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BROWN. 

Charles' Brown was an early settler of Rowley, Mass., 
where he married Oct. 4, 1647, Mary, daughter of William 
and Margaret Acie of Rowley. He died in 1687 and was 
buried at Rowley, Dec 13, 1687. His wife died in 1683 and 
was buried Dec. 12, 1683. 

JoHN^ Brown, son of Charles,' was born at Rowley, Mass., 
Feb. 5, 1653/4; and married Aug. 31, 1685, Abigail, daugh- 
ter of James and Sarah Brown. She was born at Newbury, 
Mass., Oct. 24, 1665. He lived in Rowley near the Newbury 
line, and in 1706 he was dismissed from the First Church in 
Rowley to become one of the founders of the Byfield church. 

Samuel^ Brown, eldest son of John,^ was born at Rowley, 
Mass., July 20, 1686. He married May 17, 17 16, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Wheeler of Salisbury, Mass. 
She was born July 12, 1695, and was living in 1758. He died 
at Hollis, N. H., Feb. 25, 1755. He purchased his father's 
estate in 1722, and for several years he was a collector for the 
Byfield parish of Rowley. In 1729 he removed from Rowley 
to Littleton, Mass., where he and his wife were admitted to 
the Littleton church. In 1736 he was a constable at Little- 
ton. He removed from Littleton to West Dunstable (now 
Hollis), N. H., in 1743. Here he was prominent in town and 
church affairs, being one of the committee to arrange for the 
ordination of Rev. Daniel Emerson. 

JosiAH'* Brown, son of Samuel, ^ was born at Rowley, Mass., 
May 3, 1720 ; and died at Plymouth, N. H., in 1787 or 1788. 
He married at Groton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1741, Anna, daughter 
of Josiah and Hannah (Lovewell) Farwell. Her father was 
killed in the fight at Pigwacket (Fryeburg) May 8, 1725, and 



Bad lam. — Kcnney. 95 

her mother was a sister of Capt. John Lovewell who fell in the 
same memorable engagement. Josiah'^ Brown was commis- 
sioned an ensign in Capt. Nehemiah Lovell's company, of Col. 
John Hart's Reg't, April 9, 1758. The regiment was on the 
northern frontiers and a part of it at Louisburg ; and was in 
service from April to Oct. 20 or later, 1758. He was com- 
missioned a lieutenant of the Militia, May 24, 1765. He was 
one of the grantees of Plymouth, N. H., his name appearing 
there with the first settlers in 1764. He was a deacon in the 
Congregational Church for many years. 

Annas Brown, daughter of Josiah,'* was born at Mollis, 
N. H., Oct. 23, 1744; married there April 27, 1763, Lieut. 
Jotham Cummings of Hollis ; she died Nov. 8, 1827 or 1829. 
The two Cummings Genealogies disagree. 



BADLAM. 

Samuel' Badlam was born about 1690; he was published 
at Weymouth, Mass., Sept. 22, 17 16, to Mary Phillips of 
Weymouth. She was born at Weymouth, Aug. 24, 1692. 
He died there Nov. 22, 1761, aged 71 years. 

Deborah^ Badlam, daughter of Samuel,' was born at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., March 10, 1730; her intention of marriage to 
James Ford of Weymouth, was published there May 18, 1750. 



KENNEY. 

Henry' Kenney was apprenticed to William Parke of Rox- 
bury, Mass., by Vincent Potter, June 21, 1639. After serving 
his apprenticeship in Roxbury, he removed to Salem, Mass., as 

early as 1653. His wife, Ann , was admitted to the First 

Church of Salem, Aug. 24, 1654. 



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Thomas^ Kenney, son of Henry/ was born at Salem, Mass., 
March i, 1655; he married at Salem, May 23, 1677, Eliza- 
beth Knight. Her ancestry has not been determined, as there 
appear to be four Elizabeth Knights either of whom might 
be available. 

Jonathan^ Kenney, son of Thomas,^ was born at Salem, 

Mass., May 27, 1686 ; he married Rebecca , and removed 

to Boxford, Mass., where he lived from 1712 to i7i6or longer. 
Aug. I, 1720, Jonathan Kenney of Boxford and five associates 
purchased 500 acres in the Nipmug Country (now Sutton) 
Mass., to which place he removed. Soon after, Elizabeth 
Salter, widow of Charles Salter of Boston, and her two daugh- 
ters, Sarah and Susanna, deeded him a farm of 60 acres " lying 
beyond the Blue Hills." This farm was probably in the Second 
Precinct of Dorchester (now Canton), Mass. March 9, 1723, 
" Josiah Kenney aged about 16 years one of the sons of Jona- 
than Kenney, late of Dorchester, deceased," chose Mr. Shubael 
Wentworth of Dorchester for his guardian ; therefore Jonathan 
Kenney died at Dorchester (Canton) before March 9, 1723. 
(Suffolk Co. Wills, vol. xxiii : p. 140.) 

JosiAH'* Kenney, son of Jonathan,^ was born about 1707 ; 
he married at Stoughton, Mass. (intention published June 26, 
1 741), Ruth Tower of Stoughton. He made his will June 
17, 1772, and died at Stoughton between June 17 and Dec. 11, 
of that year, as his widow Ruth was appointed executrix Dec. 
II, 1772. He bequeathed "to my daughter Eunice Stearns 
one third of my real estate." His Inventory, taken Dec. 23, 
1772, amounted to ;^32 3 : 3^. He was a blacksmith and 
owned a farm containing 38 acres in Stoughton. 

Eunices Kenney, daughter of Josiah,"* was born at Stough- 
ton, Mass., Sept. 14, 1749; and married at Stoughton, June 
29, 1769, Nathaniel Stearns of that town. She administered 



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upon the estate of her husband, Nov. lo, 1788, and the Inven- 
tory shows that Nathaniel Stearns had two-thirds of the estate 
that lately belonged to Josiah Kenney, deceased, valued at £72. 
Nathaniel Stearns and Eunice, his wife, on the one part, and 
Ruth Kenney on the other, being heirs of Josiah Kenney, late 
of Stoughton, agreed to divide his estate, April 17, 1782, 
(Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. clxvi : p. 104.) After the death of 
Nathaniel Stearns it is conjectured that she married again. 



TILDEN. 



Nathaniel' Tilden, baptized at Tenterden, Co. Kent, En- 
gland, July 28, 1583 ; he was mayor of the borough of Ten- 
terden in 1622 ; bought land in Scituate, Mass., April 10, 
1628 ; perhaps he returned to England and came again in the 
"Hercules" in 1635, with his wife Lydia, seven children and 
seven servants. He was elder of the First Church of Scituate 
in 1634. He died there in June, 1641, leaving a will. 

Thomas^ Tilden, son of Nathaniel,' was baptized at Ten- 
terden, England, Jan. 19, 1618/19; died at Marshfield, Mass., 

in 1705. He married (i), Elizabeth , who died Dec. 12, 

1663; married (2), at Marshfield, Jan. or Feb., 1664, Mary 
Holmes. He was able to bear arms in 1643. 

Thomas^ Tilden, Jr., son of Thomas,^ married at Marsh- 
field, Mass., Dec. 20, 1692, Hannah Mendall. 

Thomas'* Tilden, son of Thomas,^ Jr., was born June 30, 
1701; married at Scituate, Mass., Dec. 12, 1728, Lettice 
Turner. 

Huldahs Tilden, daughter of Thomas,-* married Elisha 
Lillie of Scotland, Conn. 



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BELCHER. 

Jeremiah' Belcher came to New England in the " Susan 
and Ellen," in the spring of 1635, at the age of 22. He was 
born about 161 3, and died at Ipswich, Mass., in March, 1692/3, 
aged about 80 years. He was a proprietor and settler at Ips- 
wich, and was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638/9. He 
was the second of the name Belcher to come to New England, 
while Gregory Belcher [see below] was third. He was called 
"merchant" and "sergeant," and in his deposition March 21, 
1 67 1/2, gave his age as 59 years. He married (i), about 1637, 

Mary , probably Mary Clifford whose name stands next 

to his in the list of passengers on the " Susan and Ellen." 
He married (2), in 1652, Mary Lockwood, with whom he 
had a written marriage contract. She died in October, 
1700. 

Jeremiah^ Belcher, Jr., son of Jeremiah,' was born in June, 
1641 ; died at Rumney Marsh (now Revere), Mass., Feb. 6, 
1722/3, aged 81 yrs., 6 mo. He settled there about 1665. He 
married about 1667, Sarah, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth 
Wheeden of Boston, Mass. She died at Rumney Marsh, Jan. 
20, 17 1 5/16, and he was published, March 20, 17 16/17, to 
Rebecca Nash, widow of John Nash, cooper, of Boston, but 
perhaps he never married her. 

Edward^ Belcher, son of Jeremiah,^ Jr., was born at Rum- 
ney Marsh, Mass., Feb. 14, 1669/70; died at Stoughtonham 
(now Sharon), Mass., March 16, 1744/5, aged y6 yrs., i mo., 

2d. He married about 1700, Mary , born about 1675 ; 

died at Stoughton, March 5, 1752, in her 78th year. He 
lived at Revere until 1720, when he removed to Milton, 
Mass., and later to Sharon. He is called ensign in the 
records. 



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Marv* Belcher, daughter of Edward, ^ was born at Lynn, 
or Revere, Mass., Nov. 22, 1713; married at Stoughton, 
Mass., July 9, 1729, Eleazer Hawes of Stoughton. 



Gregory' Belcher, perhaps the son of Thomas Belcher, 
who was baptized at Aston, Co. Warwick, England, March 30, 
1606; came to New England as early as 1637, and settled at 
Braintree, Mass., in 1639; he was made a freeman May 13, 

1640; selectman in 1646. He married Catherine , who 

died in the spring of 1680. He died at Braintree, Nov. 25, 
1674. 

Joseph^ Belcher, son of Gregory,' was born at Braintree, 
Mass., Dec. 25, 1641 ; died at Milton, Mass., about 1678. He 
was an early settler of Milton. In King Philip's War he 
served as quartermaster in the cavalry troop of Capt. Thomas 
Prentice, in the first expedition against the Indian chieftain at 
Mount Hope, R. I. He distinguished himself for great brav- 
ery at Swansea on June 28, 1675, when he was badly wounded. 
He married in 1664, Rebecca, daughter of John and Ann Gill 
of Dorchester. She was baptized July 7, 1650. 

Mary3 Belcher, daughter of Joseph,^' was baptized Nov. 12, 
1676; married Sept. 23, 1696, Benjamin Fenno of Milton. . 



HYDE. 



Samuel' Hyde, born about 1610; embarked in the ship 
"Jonathan," at London, in April, 1639; he settled at Cam- 
bridge Village (Newton), Mass., in 1640. His wife, Temper- 
ance , probably came with him. He was a deacon of the 

First Church of Cambridge Village, where he died Sept. 12 or 
14, 1689, aged 79; his Inventory shows that he was "about 



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80 years old." His will, dated in 1679, shows that his wife 
Temperance was then living, and that Thomas Woolson was 
his son-in-law. 

Sarah^ Hyde, daughter of Samuel,' was born at Newton, 
Mass., April or May 19, 1644; married at Cambridge, Mass., 
Nov. 20, 1660, Thomas Woolson of Watertown, Mass. 



KIMBALL. 



Richard' Kimball came from Rattlesden, Co. Suffolk, En. 
gland, embarking from Ipswich in the "Elizabeth," April 10, 
1634. He settled first at Watertown, Mass., and was admitted 
a freeman May 6, 1635. He removed to Ipswich, Mass., 
where he died June 22, 1675. He married (i), Ursula, daugh- 
ter of Henry and Martha (Whotlock) Scott of Rattlesden and 
of Ipswich. He married (2), Oct. 23, 1661, Margaret, widow 
of Henry Dow, of Hampton, N. H. She died March i, 1676. 
The Inventory of his estate was taken July 12, 1675. 

Henry^ Kimball, son of Richard,' was born at Rattlesden, 
Co. Suffolk, England, in 161 5; he married (i), about 1640, 
Mary, daughter of John and Mary Wyatt, who came in the 
same ship with him and his parents. She died at Wenham, 
Mass., Aug. 12, 1672, and he married {2), Elizabeth, widow of 
William Rayner, and daughter of Humphrey Gilbert. He first 
settled at Watertown, Mass, but after 1646 removed to Ips- 
wich, Mass. About 1655 h^ again removed to Wenham, 
where he died in 1676. 

Martha^ Kimball, daughter of Henry,'' was born at Wen- 
ham, Mass., Aug. 18, 1664; married Aug. 25, 1683, Daniel 
Chase of Newbury, Mass. (History of the Kimball Family, 
vol. i : pp. 27-36.) 



Han'inian . — Bix by. i o i 

HARRIMAN. 

Leonard' Harriman, believed to have been of the first 
company to settle that part of Rowley which is now George- 
town, Mass., bought land there on Bradford street in 1667. 

His wife Margaret was buried at Rowley, Oct. 22, 1676. 

His will, dated May 12, 1691, mentioned "my son Mathew to 
have land in Haverhill," etc. He died at Rowley, May 16, 
1691. 

Matthew- Harriman, son of Leonard,' was born at Row- 
ley, Mass., Aug. 16, 1652; married (i), at Haverhill, Mass., 
Dec. 22, 1673, Elizabeth Swan. He owned a house in Hav- 
erhill, and was living there at the time of his marriage, though 
then a member of the church in Rowley. He made a deposition 
May 8, 1722, in which he said he was aged about 70 years. 
He married (2), Mary Caller. 

Hannah^ Harriman, daughter of Matthew,- was baptized 
at Rowley, Mass., Aug. 4, 1678. She was born Nov. 29, 
1677, perhaps at Haverhill, Mass.; married at Haverhill, Dec. 
22, 1703, Thomas Haynes of that town. She died Feb. 12, 
1761. 



BIXBY. 

Joseph' Bixby removed from Ipswich, Mass., to Bo.xford 
(then a part of Rowley), Mass., in 1660. He was a soldier in 
King Philip's War in 1675. He died April 19, 1704- He 
married Sarah . 

Jonathan^' Bixby, son of Joseph,' married Feb. 2, 1692/3, 
Sarah Smith of Topsfield, Mass. 



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Lydia^ Bixby, daughter of Jonathan,^ married Nov. 25 
17 1 5, Thomas Page of Boxford, Mass. 



BROOKS. 



Henry' Brooks was made a freeman March 14, 1638/9, at 
which time he was living at Concord, Mass., with a wife and 
children. About 1650 he removed to Woburn, Mass., where 
he purchased 178 acres near Horn Pond, together with "a 
house frame," Dec. 20, 1650. His homestead was located on 
Lower Main street, and was owned by his descendants as late 
as 1798. He was born about 1592, and died at Woburn, 
April 12, 1683. In 1658 he called himself aged "about 66 
years." He married (2), between 1650 and March 27, 165 i, 
Susanna, widow of Ezekiel Richardson. In 1670 she was de- 
scribed as "an ancient and skilful woman." She died at Wo- 
burn, Sept. 15, 168 1, and he married (3), at Woburn, July 12, 
1682, Annes Jaquith. Her death is not on record there. He 
was a selectman of Woburn in 1669, 1671 and 1672. In his 
will, dated July 18, 1682, he bequeathed property to his son 
Timothy Brooks. 

Timothy^ Brooks, son of Henry,' probably by his first wife 
whose name is unknown, married (i), Dec. 21, 1659, Mary, 
daughter of John Russell, Sr. She died at Billerica, Mass., 
Sept. 15, 1680, and he married (2), Mehitable (Mowry) Kins- 
ley. He was a prominent Baptist, and settled at Billerica, and 
after 1679 removed to Swansea, Mass., where he found sym- 
pathetic associates in a church of that faith. 

Hepsibah^ Brooks, daughter of Timothy,^ was born at Bil- 
lerica, Mass., in Feb., 1673/4; married May 22, 1694, Pelatiah 
Mason of Swansea, Mass. She died Aug. 24, 1727. (New 
England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. Iviii : pp. 
48, 125.) 



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WASHBURN. 

John' Washburn, first Secretary of the Council of Plymouth 
in England, came to Duxbury, Mass., from Evesham, Co. Wor- 
cester, England, in 163 1. His wife Margaret, aged 49, and 
his sons, John, aged 14, and Philip, aged 11, came in the ship 
"Elizabeth and Ann," in 1635. He removed from Duxbury 
to Bridgevvater, Mass., about 1665. He served under Capt. 
Myles Standish in 1643, and was in an expedition against the 
Narragansetts in 1645. He was born about 1585, and died at 
Bridgewater before 1670. 

John- Washburn, Jr., son of John,' was born in England 
about 162 1 ; came to this country with his mother in 1635, 
aged 14; he married at Duxbury, Mass., Dec. 6, 1645, Eliza- 
beth, eldest daughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell 
of Duxbury, where she was born about 1628. He made his 
will in 1686, and died soon after. He served in the Pequot 
alarm in 1645, and also in King Philip's War under Capt. 
Church. 

Jonathan^ Washburn, son of John,- Jr., married about 
1683, Mary, daughter of George Vaughn of Duxbury and 
of Middleborough, Mass. He died at Bridgewater, Mass., 
about 1725, and his son was appointed administrator of his 
estate Jan. 10, 1725/6. After the ordination of Rev. Benja- 
min Allen on July 9, 1718, his name is fourth among those 
who joined the South Precinct Church, of Bridgewater. The 
church record also shows that he died before 1731. 

Martha-* Washburn, daughter of Jonathan,^ was born at 
Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 27, 1692 ; he married at Rehoboth, 
Mass., Jan. 19, 1731, as his second wife, Edward Martin of 
Rehoboth. She died there, June 19, 1770, aged about 78 



104 Ancestral Lines. 

years. (Bridgewater Town Records, Rehoboth Vital Records, 
Martin Genealogy, p. 114.) 

There was a Martha, daughter of James and Mary (Bowden) 
Washburn, born at Bridgewater, Jan. 10, 1708/9, who married 
there May 17, 1733, Robert Richmond. This marriage is 
confirmed by the will of James Washburn, dated Jan. 14, 1747, 
in which he made a bequest to his " daughter Martha, the wife 
of Robert Richmond." (Plymouth Co. Probate Records, vol. 
xi: p. 236.) Robert Richmond died after 1767 (see Richmond 
Family, p. 30). Edward Martin had deceased June 2, 1745. 
Evidently, therefore, the daughter of James Washburn did not 
marry Edward Martin. The daughter of Jonathan, who was 
about 78 in 1770, is the only Martha who satisfies all the 
conditions. 



FARWELL. 



Henry' Farwell, an early resident of Concord, Mass., was 
made a freeman March 14, 1639. He came to New England 
probably in 1635. He removed from Concord to Chelmsford, 
Mass., about 1655, where he was one of the first settlers. By 
occupation he was a tailor, and died at Chelmsford, Aug. i, 

1670. His wife was Olive , and she died March i, 1691. 

In his will, dated July 12, 1670, he made bequests to his "wife 
Olive and to his son Joseph." The Inventory of his estate was 
taken Aug. 5, 1670, and valued it at ^343 '- H-^- 

Joseph^ Farwell, son of Henry,' was born at Concord, 
Mass., Dec. 26, 1640 ; died in that part of old Dunstable, Mass., 
now Nashua, N. H., Dec. 31, 1722, in the 82d year of his 
ao-e. He married Dec. 25, 1666, Hannah Learned of Woburn, 
Mass.; born Aug. 24, 1649; and died after Nov. 13, 171 1. 
About 1699 he purchased one-half of the Waldo farm in old 
Dunstable, to which place he removed. His house, standing 



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105 



in a commanding position, was, in the time of the Indian wars, 
used as a garrison in which more than one-quarter part of all 
the inhabitants of the settlement found shelter. He was 
known as Ensign Joseph Farwell ; was a selectman of Dun- 
stable in 1 70 1, 1702, 1705, 1707 and 17 10, and served on im- 
portant committees in 1702, 1707, 17 12, 17 16 and 17 17. 

Henry3 Farwell, son of Joseph,^ was born at Chelmsford, 
Mass., Dec. 18, 1674; died in 1738. He married Jan. 23, 
1695/6, Susannah Richardson of Chelmsford. She was born 
in 1676. The Inventory valued his estate at ;^2744, equiva- 
lent to about ^13,000, a large sum for those times. He was 
a leading man in the affairs of both the town and church of 
old Dunstable. In the church he was a deacon, and in mili- 
tary affairs a lieutenant, and a captain. He was a selectman 
in 1706, 1 7 10, 1712-20, 1726 and 1728. He was a modera- 
tor of the town and proprietors' meetings sixteen times between 
1 7 19 and 1730, and was appointed twenty-eight times on im- 
portant committees in the public affairs of Dunstable. 

Hannah'* Farwell, daughter of Henry,^ was born at Dun- 
stable, Mass., April 14, 1719; married (i), Jerahmeel Cum- 
mings of Hollis, N. H. After his death she married (2), about 
1752, Dea. Stephen Jewett. She died Dec. 8, 1793. 



PRATT. 



Matthew' Pratt perhaps came to Wessagusset (Wey- 
mouth), Mass., with the Gorges Company in August, 1623 ; 
admitted a freeman May 13, 1640; called "an old resident" 

in 1643; townsman in 1648. His wife was Elizabeth . 

He died at Weymouth, Aug. 29, 1672. 



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Matthew^ Pratt, Jr., son of Matthew,' was born in 1628 ; 
died at Weymouth, Mass., June 12, 171 3, aged 85 years. He 
married at Weymouth, June i, 1661, Sarah Hunt of Wey- 
mouth, where she was born July 4, 1640. She died Aug. 3, 
1729. She and her husband were deaf and dumb or nearly so. 

William^ Pratt, son of Matthew,^ Jr., was born at Wey- 
mouth, May 5, 1673 ; died there Sept. 18, 1714. He married 
Hannah , who married (2), Dec. 23, 17 19, Thomas Ran- 
dall of Easton, Mass. 

Hannah'» Pratt, daughter of William, ^ was born between 
1693 and 1701 ; published March 7, 17 19, to Nathaniel Ford 
of Weymouth, Mass.. She died there, Aug. 29, 1739. (Vital 
Records of Weymouth ; Pratt Genealogy.) 



PHILLIPS. 



Nicholas' Phillips, a pioneer at Dedham, Mass., in 1636, 
removed to Weymouth, Mass., about 1641. He was made a 
freeman May 13, 1640, and was a town officer of Weymouth 
in 1648. He removed to Boston about 165 1. He died March 
15, 1669/70, his eldest son Richard' being executor of his 
estate. 

Richard^ Phillips, son of Nicholas,' was born before 1641 ; 
married Mary Packard, and was living at Weymouth, Mass., 
from 1657 to 1670. 

Nicholas^ Phillips, son of Richard,^ was born at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., March 30, 1664; died there March 11, 1751. 

His wife, Mary , died at Weymouth, Feb. 11, 1749, aged 

8r years. 



Lincoln. 107 

Marv* Phillips, daughter of Nicholas,^ was born at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., Aug. 24, 1692 ; marriage intentions to Samuel 
Badlam of Weymouth, published there Sept. 22, 17 16. 



LINCOLN. 



Thomas' Lincoln, "the miller," was one of four immigrants 
named Thomas Lincoln, all of whom settled in Hingham, Mass. 
He came probably from County Norfolk, England, in 1635. 
He had a house-lot granted him on South, near Main street, in 
Hingham, July 3, 1636. He removed from Hingham to Taun- 
ton, Mass., in 1652. His first wife's name is unknown. He 
married (2), at Taunton, Dec. 10, 1665, Elizabeth Street, prob- 
ably the widow of Francis Street. Tradition asserts that he 
erected at Taunton the old grist-mill where, in 1675, King 
Philip and his chiefs met the pioneers of Taunton for a friendly 
interview. He made his will Aug. 28, 1683, being then 
" eighty years of age or thereabouts," and it was proved March 
5, 1684. 

Samuel^ Lincoln, son of Thomas' by his first wife, was 
baptized at Hingham, Mass., February, 1637/8; removed to 
Taunton, Mass., with his father in 1652. He married Cathe- 
rine , who joined with him in conveying a part of a mill 

in Taunton to Robert Crossman, May 26, 1698. 

Samuel^ Lincoln, Jr., son of Samuel,^ was born at Taun- 
ton, Mass., June i, 1664; died at Taunton, May 10, 1738. 
He married Experience Briggs, probably a daughter of Jona- 
than and Experience Briggs. 

Experience* Lincoln, daughter of Samuel,^ was born about 
1705 ; married at Dorchester, Mass., May 24, 1727, Jonathan 
Stearns of Stoughton, Mass. 



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TURNER. 



Humphrey' Turner came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1628, and 
removed to Scituate, Mass., probably in 1633. He was a tan- 
ner, and erected a tannery at Scituate in 1636. He was born 
about 1593, and died at Scituate in 1673, aged about 80 years. 
He married in England, Lydia Gamer, who died at Scituate 
before 1673. He was possessed of that judgment, discretion, 
energy and perseverance which eminently fitted him to be one 
of the pioneers of a new settlement. He was a member of the 
First Church of Scituate, and deputy to Plymouth Colony in 
1641, 1642, 1644-47, 3.nd 1650-52, inclusive. He was a sol- 
dier in the military company of Scituate, and a Commissioner, 

Thomas^ Turner, son of Humphrey,' married Jan. 6, 1652, 
Sarah, daughter of Thomas Hyland of Scituate, Mass. He 
died at Scituate in November, 1688. 

Thomas^ Turner, Jr., son of Thomas,^ a distinguished Co- 
lonial lawyer, lived near Scituate Harbor, Mass., perhaps born 
at Scituate, in December, 1670; married in 1693, Hannah, 
daughter of Edward Jenkins of Scituate. Many stories of Mr. 
Turner's wit are preserved. On one occasion Michael Wanton, 
a leader among the Quakers of Scituate, had been quite suc- 
cessful on a fishing excursion ; upon returning to White's 
Ferry he found an assemblage of gentlemen attending a refer- 
ence trial, and among them Esquire Thomas Turner, who thus 
addressed him : " Friend Wanton, you are like the Apostle 
Peter ; in the first place he was a fisherman, and so are you ; 
he was a preacher, and so are you ; he denied his Lord, and so 
do you." Mr. Wanton was so much pleased with the witti- 
cism that he caused an entertainment to be prepared of his 
fish, and invited the company to dine. According to tradition 
the company, after partaking of the repast, notwithstanding 



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their high appreciation of the witty lawyer, decided that the 
Quaker had gained the advantage, his dinner being much more 
substantial and useful. 

Lettice'* Turner, daughter of Thomas,-^ Jr., was born at 
Scituate, Mass., April 17, 171 1 ; married there Dec. 12, 1728, 
Thomas Til den of that town. 



COWEN (COWING). 

John' Co wen, a settler of Scituate, Mass., was a Scotchman 
who purchased an estate there. He married in 1656, Rebecca, 
the widow of Richard Mann. In 1670 he "appeared in Court 
to answer for contemptible words against Royal Authority ; to 
wit : that he scorned to be in subjection to an Englishman, 
and that there never was any King in England that w-as an 
Englishman save one crooked backed Richard — a crooked 
Rogue," etc. (Dean's History of Scituate, p. 243.) 

Rebecca^ Cowen, daughter of John,' w^as born in 1666 ; 
married in Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1693, Obadiah Hawes, Jr., 
of Dorchester, Mass. 



LOOK. 

Thomas' Look was an early settler of Lynn, Mass. (1646- 
1666). His wife, Sarah , died at Lynn, June 30, 1666. 

Thomas' Look, Jr., son of Thomas,' was born at Lynn, 
Mass., in June, 1646; removed to Nantucket, Mass., and was 
living at Tisbury, Mass., in 1700. He married Elizabeth 
Bunker. 

Jane or Jean3 Look, daughter of Thomas,' Jr., was born 
Dec. 24, 1680; married (i), John Cottle; married (2), Nov. 
1 7, 1 707, Abner West, by whom she had issue. 



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ANDREWS. 



Robert' Andrews, a sea-captain, sailed from Norwich, Co. 
Norfolk, England, as master of the ship ''Angel Gabriel." 
The ship was cast away at Pemaquid, on the coast of Maine, 
in a terrible storm, Aug. 15, 1635. Captain Andrews settled 
at Ipswich, Mass., then called by the Indian name Chebacco. 
His will was probated at Ipswich, March i, 1643, in which he 
mentioned his "son Daniel Hovey." 

Abigail'- Andrews, daughter of Robert,' married before 
March i, 1643, Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Mass. She died 
there June 24, 1665. 

MOULTON. 

William' Moulton came, probably in 1637, from Ormsby, 
Co. Norfolk, England, being then 20 years of age. He mar- 
ried Margaret Page of Hampton, N. H., and settled in that 
town, where he died April 18, 1664. She married (2), John 
Sanborn, and died July 13, 1699. 

Sarah^ Moulton, daughter of William,' was born at Hamp- 
ton, N. H., Dec. 17, 1656; married at Hampton, Dec. 30, 
1674, Jonathan Haynes of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass. 



SWAN. 



Richard' Swan came to Boston, Mass., in June, 1639; re- 
moved to Rowley, Mass., in 1640. He served in King Philip's 
War, and in the expedition to Canada. He was a deputy 
from' Rowley to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay from 
1666 to 1677. 



Marsh. — Russell. i i i 

Robert^ Swan, son of Richard,' married (i), in 1650, Eliz- 
abeth Acie of Rowley, Mass., who died in 1689. He married 
(2), in 1690, Hannah Russ. 

Elizabeth^ Swan, daughter of Robert,^' was born Aug. 10, 
1655 ; married Dec. 22, 1673, Matthew Harriman of Rowley 
and Haverhill, Mass. 



MARSH. 

George' Marsh came to New England in company with the 
Rev. Peter Hobart in 1635. He .settled at Ilingham, Mass., 
where he drew a house lot, Sept. 18, 1635. He brought his 

wife Elizabeth , and four children, probably coming from 

County Norfolk, England. He was admitted a freeman March 
3, 1636, and was a selectman in 1645. He died at Hingham, 
July 2, 1647, leaving a will in which he named his son, One- 
siphorus. His widow Elizabeth, married (2), in November, 
1648, Richard Bowen. 

Onesiphorus- Marsh, son of George,' was born in 1633; 
died at Haverhill, Mass., March 15, 1713, aged 80 years. He 
married at Hingham, Mass., Feb. 6, 1654/5, Hannah, daughter 
of John and Mary Cutler of Hingham. He was made a free- 
man in 1672, and removed to Haverhill in 1674. 

Mary3 Marsh, daughter of Onesiphorus," was born at Hing- 
ham, Mass.,JMarch 12, 1658/9; married, probably at Haverhill, 
Mass., Jan.^'i6, 1684, Cornelius Page. 



RUSSELL. 



Elder John' Russell was a proprietor of Cambridge, Mass., 
in 1635. He was born about 16 16, and died at VVoburn, 
Mass., June i, 1676. He was made a freeman March; 3, 



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1635/6, and removed to Woburn, where he became a proprie- 
tor in 1640. His first wife, Elizabeth , died there Dec. 

16, 1644. He married (2), May 13, 1645, Elizabeth Baker. 
He deposed in 1671 that he was then about 55 years of age. 
He made his will May 27, 1676, bequeathing property to his 
"daughter Mary Brooks," and others. 

Mary^ Russell, daughter of John' by his first wife, mar- 
ried at Woburn, Mass., Dec. 2, 1659, Timothy Brooks of that 
town. 



ESTEN. 



Thomas' Esten came in 1665 and was a settler in Provi- 
dence, R. I. He took the oath of allegiance in May, 1682. 

JoAN^ Esten, daughter of Thomas,' married at Swansea, 
Mass., April 26, 167 1, John Martin of that town. She is 
said to have been born in Hertfordshire, England, June i, 
1645. She died March 23, 1733, aged 88 years. 



BULLOCK. 



Richard' Bullock was born in 162 1 or '22; he was a 
settler at Rehoboth, Mass., as early as 1643 \ 1^^ was admitted 
a freeman in May, 1646; he is reported to have removed to 
Newtown, L. L, about 1656, but returned to Rehoboth and 
died there in 1667; the Inventory of his estate was taken 
Nov. 22, 1667. He married (i), at Rehoboth, Aug. 4, 1647, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ingraham ; she died there Jan. 
7, 1659-60; he married (2), at Rehoboth, Sept. 21, 1660, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn-Eaton) 
Billington of Plymouth, Mass., born there July 10, 1635. 
She married (2), June 25, 1673, Robert Beere of Rehoboth ; 



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and married (3), Thomas Patey of Providncee, R. I. (Reho- 
both Vital Records.) 

Samuel^ Bullock, son of Richard,' was born at Rchoboth, 
Mass., Aug. 19, 1648; married (i), at Swan.sea, Mass., Nov. 
12, 1673, Mary, said to have been a daughter of John and 
Priscilla Thurber, vv^ho died Oct. 4, 1674. He married (2), 
at Rehoboth, May 26, 1675, Thankful Rones. She is called 
both Thankful Rouse and Thankful Rencff by Arnold in the 
Vital Records of Rehoboth, but we have found no other au- 
thority for the latter spelling. It is Rouse on Plymouth Colony 
Records (vol. viii : p. 62), but the correct orthography was 
probably Rounds. " Dea. Samuel Bullock died at Rchoboth, 
March 10, 1717/8." (Rehoboth Vital Records.) 

Thankful^ Bullock, daughter of Samuel,- was born at 
Rehoboth, Mass., June 26, 168 1 ; married there Dec. 6, 1699, 
Ephraim Martin of that town. She died July 22, 1762. 



RICHARDSON. 

EzEKiEL' Richardson came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1630, 
and on Aug. 30 of that year he and his wife Susannah be- 
came members of the First Church then and there gathered. 
He was admitted a freeman May 18, 163 1, and settled in 
Charlestown. He was a constable and selectman, and a dep- 
uty in 1634 and 1635 ; removed to Woburn, Mass., in 1641. 
Pie was ''embodied in the Woburn Church, Aug. 14/24, 
1642 " (now in Winchester). He was a selectman at Woburn 
in 1644, 1645, 1646 and 1647. He died there Oct. 21, 1647. 
His widow Susannah married (2), Plenry Brooks of Woburn. 
She died Sept. 15, 1681. 

JosiAH^ Richardson, son of EzekieV was baptized at 
Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 7, 1635 ; died at Chelmsford, Mass., 



114 Ancestral Lilies. 

June 22, 1695, aged 60 years. He was one of the founders 
of Woburn, Mass., but removed to Chelmsford about 1659. 
He married at Concord, Mass., June 6, 1659, Remembrance, 
daughter of William and Sarah Underwood of Concord. She 
was born at Concord, Feb. 27, 1639/40, and survived her 
husband. He was made a freeman March 11, 1673/4, and 
served as selectman in 1668, 1673, 1677, 1679, 1680 to 1688, 
and 1694. He was town clerk from 1690 to 1694, and is 
called " Captain." 

Susannah^ Richardson, daughter of Josiah,^ was born in 
1676; married Jan. 23, 1695/6, Henry Farwell of Chelms- 
ford, Mass. 

TUCKER. 

Robert' Tucker born in 1604, appeared at Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1635 ; he was an officer there in 1643 ; went to Mil- 
ton, Mass., in 1662. He seems to have gone from Weymouth 
to Gloucester about 1650, where he was deputy 1652, and 
town clerk 1652 to 1656 ; he was deputy from Milton for 1669, 
1679, 1680 and 1 68 1, and was a selectman in 1677. His wife 
v/as Elizabeth, probably surnamed Allen. He made his will 
March 7, 168 1/2, and it was probated the 30th of the same 
month, in which he bequeathed property " to my daughter, 
Rebecca Fenno." He died at Milton, March 11, 1681/2, aged 
'j'^ years. 

Rebecca^ Tucker, daughter of Robert,' married about 1660, 
John Fenno of Milton, Mass., where she died June 12, 1690. 



BEERS. 

Richard' Beers, an original proprietor of Watertown, Mass., 
was admitted a freeman March 9, 1637. He was a deputy 
from Watertown to the General Court of the Massachusetts 



Mandell. — Jenkins. 1 1 5 

Bay Colony from 1663 to 1675. lie was licensed "to keep 
an ordinary" at Watertown in October, 1654, which was the 
first public house in that town. He was a selectman from 

1644 to 1675. His wife was Elizabeth . He served in 

the Pequot War in 1637, and was a captain in King Philip's 
War. He was slain in battle by the Indians at Squakeag (now 
Northfield), Mass., Sept. 4, 1675. On Aug. 6, 1675, he made 
a nuncupative will which was proved Oct. 5, 1675. 

Sarah^ Beers, daughter of Richard,' married (i), June 24, 
1666, Isaac Stearns of Lexington, Mass. She married (2), 
Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Mass., and signed as Sarah 
Wheeler with the other heirs of her father's estate in June, 
171 1. 

MANDELL (MENUALL). 

John' Mandell, a rope-maker, lived in Marshfield, Mass., 
May 10, 171 1, being then "aged and weak in body," he made 
his will, which was proved Feb. 8, 1720. To his son John 
he devised one shilling, having already provided for him. To 
his grandson Francis Crooker, " all my rope-making tools that 
I do use in or about the making of ropes, after I have done 
using them myself " ; the remainder of his estate he bequeathed 
to his daughters Mercy Tinkham, Sarah Torrey, Hannah Til- 
den and Ruth Doty. 

Hannah" Mendall, daughter of John,' married at Marsh- 
field, Mass., Dec. 20, 1692, Thomas Tilden of Marshfield. 



JENKINS. 

Edward' Jenkins first appears as a servant to Nathaniel 
Tilden in 1641. He became a planter, and settled in Scituate, 
Mass. He was able to bear arms in 1643, was admitted a 



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freeman June i, 1647, and was a deputy from Scituate, Ply- 
mouth Colony, in 1657. He married (i), Lettice . He 

married (2), at Hingham, Mass., June 17, 1684, Mary (Farns- 
worth) Ripley, widow of Abraham Ripley of Hingham. " Be- 
ing very aged " he made his will March 2, 1699, and it was 
probated Aug. 9, 1699. In it he made a bequest to his grand- 
daughter, Hannah^ Turner. 

Hannah^ Jenkins, daughter of Edward,' married in 1693, 
Thomas Turner, Esqr., of Scituate, Mass. 



HUMPHREY. 



Jonas' Humphrey came to New England in 1637, arriving 
Sept. 9, and settling at Dorchester, Mass. He was born at 
Wendover, Co. Bucks, England, and died at Dorchester, March 
19, 1 661/2. He was a constable at Wendover in 1632. He 
settled in that part of ancient Dorchester now known as Har- 
rison Square. " Jonas Humphreys laid hold of the covenant 
the 6th day, 9 mo. [Nov.], 1639, as also his wife " Frances. 
(Dorchester Church Records.) He was admitted a freeman 
May 16, 1640, and became a "proprietor of the great lots" 
in 1646. He married (2), Jane Clapp, widow of George Weeks 
who died Oct. 27, 1659. She was a niece of Richard Clapp 
of Dorchester, and was born at Salcombe Regis, Co. Devon, 
England. She died at Dorchester, Aug. 2, 1668. 

James^ Humphrey, son of Jonas' by wife Frances, was born 
at Wendover, England, about 1608 ; he came with his father 
in 1637. He became a freeman in 1645 ; was a tanner, and a 
leading man in Dorchester. He was a bailiff of Dorchester 
in 1650, and for many years was a ruling elder of the First 
Church in that town. On Feb. 14, 1686, he "moved the 
Church that they would look out and provide themselves an- 



Blake. 1 17 

other Elder, because he had long been lame and did look at 
himself near his departure out of this world." He died at 
Dorchester, May 12, 1686, in the 78th year of his age. His 

wife, Mary , died May 7, 1677. The inscription on his 

tombstone in the North Burial Ground of Dorchester reads as 
follows : — 

Here lyes Interred y^ Body 
of Mr. James Humphrey Here- 
tofore one of y*-" Ruling 
Elders of Dorchester, who 
Departed this life y*^ 12''^ 
of May, 1686, in y«= 
78^^^ year of his age. 

Inclosed within this shrine is precious Dust 
And only waits for th' rising of ye Just. 
Most usefuU while he lived adorn'd his station 
Ever to old age he Served his Generation 
Since his Decease tho't of with Veneration 
How great a Blessing this Ruling Elder he, 
Unto this Church and Town and Pastors three 
Mather he first did by himself Receive 
Flint did he next his burden much Relieve 
Renowned Danforth he did assist with skill 
Esteemed high by all; Bear fruit untill 
Yielding to Death his Glorious seat did fill. 



'& 



Mary3 Humphrey, daughter of James,* was born about 
1635 ; married Obadiah Hawes, Sr., of Dorchester, Mass. 
She died April 21, 1676. 



BLAKE. 



George' Blake was a settler at Gloucester, Mass., in 1649 ; 
admitted a freeman 165 1 ; removed from Gloucester to Box- 
ford, Mass., about 1675. He was born in 161 1, and died at 



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Boxford, Feb. 17, 1698, aged 87 years. He made his will Jan. 
17, 1697/8, leaving a bequest to "Moses Tyler whose mother 

is deceased." His wife was Dorothy , who died Dec. 12, 

1702. 

Prudence^ Blake, daughter of George,' was born in 1647 ; 
marrried July 6, 1666, Quartermaster Moses Tyler of Boxford, 
Mass. She died March 9, 1689. 



VAUGHN (VAUGHAN). 

George' Vaughn was an early settler at Scituate, Mass. ; 
he removed to Middleborough, Mass., where he died in 1694. 
He married in 1652, Elizabeth Henchman, perhaps a daugh- 
ter of Edmund Henchman of Marshfield, Mass. He made his 
will June 30, 1694, and it was proved Nov. 10, 1694, in which 
was the following bequest : — " Thirdly, to my daughter Mary 
Washburn, I do give ten acres of land lying where the house 
stands that I now live in, with a bed and a rug, to her and her 
heirs forever." (Plymouth Co. Wills, vol. i : p. 210.) 

Mary^ Vaughn, daughter of George," married about 1683, 
Jonathan Washburn of Bridgewater, Mass. 



MITCHELL. 



Experience' Mitchell was born about 1609 ; he came in 
the "Ann" in 1623; removed to Duxbury, Mass., in 1631 ; 
was in the Militia in 1643 ; he removed to Bridgewater, Mass., 
late in life. He died between Dec. 5, 1688, and May 14, 
1689. He married Jane, daughter of Francis Cooke, of the 
"Mayflower." 

Elizabeth^ Mitchell, daughter of Experience,' was born 
about 1628; she married in 1645, John^ Washburn of Bridge- 
water, Mass. 



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COOKE. 



Francis' Cooke came in the " Mayflower " in 1620. He 
married at Leyden, Holland, June 30, 1603, Hester Mahieu, 
a French Walloon, who came from Canterbury, England, and 
was the daughter of Jennie Mahieu. His wife Hester, with 
their children, except John, who came with his father, came 
in the "Ann" in July, 1623. She died after June 8/18, 
1666; he died April 7/17, 1663. He was a signer of the 
••- Mayflower Compact ; " a member of Myles Standish's com- 
pany in an expedition against the Indians ; he was admitted 
a freeman in 1633, and was a member of the Plymouth train- 
band in 1643. His children, John, Jacob, James, Hester, and 
Mary, were named in the division of cattle in 1627. He lived 
in Plymouth, Mass., and made his will Dec. 7, 1659, which 
was probated June 5, 1663. 

J.\NE^ Cooke, daughter of Francis,' married about 1628, 
Experience Mitchell of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Mass. 



HOWLETT. 
Thomas' Howlett came to Boston with Gov. John Wm- 
throp's fleet in 1630; in 1633 ^e went to plant a settlement 
at Ipswich, Mass.; made a freeman March 3, 1634; grantee 
of Ipswich 1635 ; purchased land 1637- I" 1643 he was a ser- 
o-eant and in 1646 an ensign; commoner 1641 ; owned one 
and one-half shares in Plum Island in 1668; deputy from 
Ipswich to the General Court 1635. He joined the First 
Church of Boston, Aug. 27, 1630, and was dismissed to the 
Ipswich church, Sept. 10, 1643. He married (i), Alice French 
of Boston, who was dismissed to the same church from Boston, 
June 16 1644. She died at Ipswich, June 26, 1666, and he mar- 
ried (2)' Rebecca , who died at Newbury, Mass., Nov. i. 



120 Ancestral Lines. 

1680. He died Dec. 22, 1667, aged 79 years, his will of the 
day before being proved March 31, 1668. He was a brave 
and trusty officer in several expeditions against the Indians. 

Sarah^ Howlett, daughter of Thomas,' married John 
Cummings. 



WITT. 

John' Witt appeared at Lynn, Mass., in 1650. He mar- 
ried Sarah , who survived him. He died there Dec. 2, 

1675. 

Ann^ Witt, daughter of John,' married April 26, 1660, 
Jacob Barney of Salem. 



HUNT. 

Enoch' Hunt came from Titenden, in the parish of Lee, 
near Wendover, Co. Bucks, England, to Weymouth, Mass., 
as early as 1640 or 1641. He had land allotted to him at 
Weymouth in 1642. His first wife's name is unknown, but 
he married (2), about 1639 (.?), the widow Dorothy Barker.* 
In 1647 she is spoken of, in a land-grant, as "widow Dorothy 
Hunt." She married as her third husband, perhaps in that 
year, John King of Weymouth, and made her will June 14, 
1652, in which she bequeathed property to her son Joseph 
Barker, to her daughter Ruth Barker, and " to my daughter 
Sarah Hunt, all my household goods." Nov. 18, 1652, Eph- 
raim^ Hunt of Weymouth was appointed administrator on the 
estate of his father Enoch,' who had returned to England, 
where he died before 1647. 



* The Hunt Genealogy (1863), p. 271, erroneously says that Enoch married 
a daughter of Dorothy. 



Learned. 1 2 1 

Sarah^ Hunt, daughter of Enoch' by his second wife, was 
born at Weymouth, Mass., July 4, 1640; married Matthew 
Pratt of Weymouth. She was deaf and dumb, and her hus- 
band lost his hearing and nearly lost his speech before his 
death. (Mather's Magnalia, Book iii : chapter 26.) 



LEARNED. 

William' Learned was admitted to the First Church of 
Charlestown, Mass., with his wife, "Goodith"* Learned, Dec. 
6, 1632. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634 ; re- 
moved to Woburn, Mass., about 1640. He was a selectman 
and constable in 1643 and 1644. He was born about 1590, 
and died at Woburn, March i, 1646. Johnson {Wondcr- 
xvorkhig Providence, p. 17) says he was one of the seven per- 
sons who formed the First Church of Woburn, Aug. 14, 1642. 

Isaac- Learned, son of William,' was baptized at Ber- 
mondsey, Co. Surrey, England, Feb. 25, 1623/4; died at 
Chelmsford, Mass., Nov. 27, 1657. He married at Woburn, 
Mass., July 9, 1646, Mary, daughter of Isaac Stearns of Water- 
town, Mass. She was baptized at Stoke-by-Nayland, Co. Suf- 
folk, England, Jan. 26, 1626. She married (2), John Burge 
of Chelmsford, and died Jan. 8, 1663. Isaac removed from 
Woburn to Chelmsford about 1653. He was one of the three 
proprietors of the Dudley Farm of Billerica ; selectman at 



*This name (?) has caused some discussion. The Rev. Samuel Sewall 
thinks it was derived "from the Saxon Goditha," which is very doubtful. The 
late Col. Joseph L. Chester says that in one instance he found that the name 
of 2 woman who, by the record, was baptized " Goodith," afterward appears as 
Judith. The true explanation in this case is that "Goodith" is merely a not 
uncommon way of writing " Goody," a title occasionally given to women 
at that time (the feminine form of " Goodman "), and an analysis of the evi- 
dence in the Learned Genealogy shows that her Christian name was very 
probably Jane. 



122 Ancestral Lines. 

Chelmsford, 1654; sergeant of the train-band, 1656; a com- 
missioner to decide small cases, and chosen deacon July 13, 
1656. 

Hannah^ Learned, daughter of Isaac,^ was born at Wo- 
burn, Mass., Aug. 24, 1649; married Dec. 25, 1666, Joseph 
Farvvell of Chelmsford, Mass. 



PACKARD. 



Samuel' Packard and his wife came in the ship " Dili- 
gent," arriving Aug. 10, 1638. He came from Wymondham, 
Co. Norfolk, England, and settled at Hingham, Mass., but re- 
moved to Bridgewater, Mass., in 1660. His sons, and proba- 
bly he himself, were soldiers under Capt. Benjamin Church in 
King Philip's War in 1675 and 1676. He was a town officer 
in 1664, and was licensed to keep an ordinary in 1670. He 
died after 1684. 

Marv^ Packard, daughter of Samuel,' was born perhaps 
at Hingham, Mass. ; married Richard Phillii^s of Weymouth, 
Mass. 



WHEELER. 



John' Wheeler came in the "Mary and John" in 1634, 
perhaps from Salisbury, Co. Wilts, England. He went to 
Hampton, N. H., early, but removed to Newbury, Mass., 
where his wife Ann died Aug. 15, 1662. He made his will 
in 1668, in which he bequeathed property to his sons in Salis- 
bury, England. 

Anne- Wheeler, daughter of John,' was born about 1620, 
and died April 21, 1687; married about 1644, Aquila Chase 
of Hampton, N. H., and Newbury, Mass. 



Go tild. — Kinsley . 123 

GOULD (GOOLE). 

Francis' Goole with his wife Rose was at Duxbury, Mass., 
in 1643; at Braintree, Mass., in 1649; and at Chelmsford. 
Mass., in 1661. He died at Chelmsford, March 27, 1676. 
His wife was living March 28, 1673. 

Leah^ Gould, daughter of Francis,' was born at Chelms- 
ford, Mass., May 4, 1663 ; she was one of twins ; she married 
Jonathan Adams of Chelmsford. 



KINSLEY (KINGSLEY). 

Stephen' Kinsley was of Braintree, Mass., in 1637 ; he 
was made a freeman May 13, 1640. He removed to Dor- 
chester, Mass., but returned to Braintree. He was ordained 
a ruling elder of the First Church gathered there, Sept. 17, 
1639. He removed to Milton, Mass., where he died in 1673. 
He was a deputy from Braintree to the General Court in 1640, 
1641, 1643, 1644, 1647, 1648, 1650, 1651, 1652 and 1653; 
first deputy from Milton in 1666. He made his will May 27, 
1673, and it was proved July 3, 1673. 

Samuel" Kinsley, son of Stephen,' was a freeman in 165 i ; 
he lived at Braintree, Mass., and in August, 1659, received a 
grant of land in Billerica, Mass. He married Hannah Brackett 
of Braintree, who was baptized in Boston, Jan. 4, 1635. He 
died at Billerica, May 21, 1662, and she married (2), John 
Blanchard of Dunstable, Mass. She was killed by the Indians 
at Dunstable, July 3, 1706. 

Elizabeth^ Kinsley, daughter of Samuel,^ was born at 
Braintree, Mass., Nov. 22, 1657; married Sept. 13, 1680, John 
Cummings of Dunstable, Mass. She was killed witli her 
mother by the Indians, in the attack on that town, July 3. 
1706. 



T24 Ancestral Lines. 

BRACKETT. 

Richard' Brackett lived in Boston, Mass., in 1632. He 
was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636, and was appointed 
keeper of the prison in Boston, Nov. 20, 1637. He became a 
member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Mas- 
sachusetts in 1639. He and his wife Alice were dismissed to 
the First Church of Braintree, Mass., Dec. 5, 1641 ; ordained 
there a deacon, July 21, 1642. He was town clerk of Brain- 
tree for many years, and captain of the Braintree train-band, 
being third captain of the town. He was appointed to marry 
and administer oaths in civil cases. He was deputy from 
Braintree to the General Court for 1655, 1665, 1667, 1671, 
1672, 1674 and 1680. He died at Braintree, March 5, 1691, 
aged 80 years, and his wife Alice died in 1690, aged 76 years. 

Hannah- Brackett, daughter of Richard,' was baptized in 
the Fir.st Church in Boston, Mass., Jan. 4, 1635 ; married (i), 
Samuel Kinsley of Braintree and of Billerica, Mass. She mar- 
ried (2), John Blanchard of Dunstable, Mass., and was killed 
by the Indians at Dunstable, July 3, 1706. 



LOVELL. 



Robert' Lovell came with the company of Rev. Joseph 
Hull, sailing from Weymouth, Co. Dorset, England, March 20, 
1635. It is supposed that he came from Somerset, Worcester 
or Dorset. He was described as a husbandman, aged 40, with 
wife Elizabeth, aged 35, and daughter Ellen, one of twins, 
aged one year. His will was dated May 3, 165 1, and proved 
June 25, 1672, in which he named his son-in-law, "Andrew 
fford, the husband of his daughter Eleanor." 

Eleanor^ Lovell, daughter of Robert,' was born 1634; 
married before 1650, Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Mass. 



Wheelock. 1 2 5 



WHEELOCK. 



Ralph' Wheelock, believed to be the Rev. Ralph Wheel- 
ock, an alumnus of Clare College, Cambridge, England, 1626, 
first appeared at Watertown, Mass., about 1637. He was a 
proprietor in 1637, and was admitted a freeman March 13, 
1638/9. He was a school-master at Dedham, Mass., — prob- 
ably the first there — from 1644 to 165 i, and a deputy to the 
General Court for 1654, 1663, 1664, 1666 and 1667. He re- 
moved to Medfield, Mass., where he made his will May 3, 
1681, and his Inventory was taken Jan. 31, 1683. His wife 
Rebecca came with him and died before May 3, 168 1. 

Rebecca' Wheelock, daughter of Ralph,' married at Ro.x- 
bury, Mass., June 7, 1654, John Craft of that town. She 
died there Nov. 24, 1667. 




A TRIBUTE 01^ LOVE. 



To the Memory of Amasa VVoolsox and Mary Baki:u Woolson 
by their son, Charles Amasa Woolson. Dedicated to my dearly 
beloved son, Amasa Glenn Woolson, in the sincere hope that he may 
live to emulate the Christian virtues, the noble and exemplary lives of 
his Grandfather and Grandmother Woolson, with a loving inscription 
also to my niece and nephews, Ruth Irene Woolson, Kenneth 
Hazen Woolson and Eric Amasa Woolson, with the prayer that 
two beautiful lives fragrant with gentle memories may be reproduced in 
all their grandchildren. 



A TRIBUTE OF LOVli. 



MORITURI SaLUTAMUS. 

To the living 

called the dead, 

Whose dear, paternal images appear 

Not wrapped in gloom, but robed in sunshine here ; 

Whose simple lives complete, and without flaw, 

Were part and parcel of great Nature's law; 

Who said not to their Lord, as if afraid, 

" Here is Thy talent in a napkin laid," 

But labored in their sphere, as men who live 

In the delight that work alone can give : 

Peace be to them ; eternal peace and rest. 

— Longfellow. 

Amasa Woolson, born in Grafton, Vermont, August the sixtli. 
Eighteen hundred and eleven, died in Springfield, Vermont, Jan- 
uary the eleventh, Eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Of him the 
History of Springfield says : For nearly fifty years Mr. Woolson 
was identified with the business and religious life of this town, and 
also with its educational, social, and business prosperity and ad- 
vancement, and from the year 1857 until his death was a deacon 
in the Congregational Church ; and it is largely through his Hberal- 
ity that this church and society have so fine a house of worship. 

Mr. Woolson was president of the First National Bank of Spring- 
field, the Parks and Woolson Machine Company, and of the Jones 
andLamson Machine Company, until his death in 1891. He was 



132 A Tribute of Love, 

unanimously chosen by acclamation to represent his town during 
the years 1856 and 1857. 

For twenty-one years, previous to his becoming a partner in the 
Parks and Woolson Machine Company (from the age of fourteen 
to thirty-five), he had been engaged in manufacturing and finishing 
woolen cloths, and in inventing and making machinery. This long 
practical experience in using cloth-finishing machinery had sug- 
gested to him many needed improvements, and prepared him to 
give a progressive impetus to the already well-established business. 
His first improvement was in the matter of saving the lists on the 
cloth while shearing, which was of itself a most important one, and 
soon led to other and more valuable inventions, until he finally 
perfected his unrivalled " thirty-edged perpetual shearing machine, 
with self-operating list guards," which is capable of shearing to a 
finish from three to four thousand yards of cloth per day, or more 
than twice as much as any other shear in the world, and at the 
same time doing the work in a better manner and with less cost to 
operate it. For these machines, and many improvements on other 
machinery, Mr. Woolson took out eight different patents, and was 
awarded seven premiums of gold, silver and bronze medals at Fairs 
in Boston, New York, and at the World's Fair at Philadelphia. 

By reason of these and other inventions, and by the vigilant per- 
sonal oversight of the business by the proprietors, the annual 
amount of the sales soon increased to five or ten times more than 
they were previous to Mr. Woolson s admittance to the firm. The 
company for many years gave constant employment to a good num- 
ber of skilled workmen, to whose faithfulness in producing perfect 
work much of the permanent prosperity of the concern was due, 
and through them the company had a permanent and desirable set 
of men, with "no strikes," and who, with the proprietors, contrib- 
uted largely to the material, moral, religious and educational pros- 
perity of the town, 

Mr. Woolson retired from active business in the company in 1879, 
on account of failing health, caused by too long and close applica 
tion in making and patenting improvements to secure business for 
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became instrumental in transferring from Windsor, Vermont, to 
Springfield, the plant of the Jones and Lamson Machine Company, 
in which he held an active interest up to the time of his death. 
When in the eightieth year of his age he was called upon to lay 
down the cares of this world, the following tribute bore testimony 
to the deep and tender regard of his near friends and neighbors for 
many years. 

A LOSS AND A LEGACY. 

Almost daily since 1846, the people of Springfield have been 
accustomed till within a few weeks to meet on the street, in his 
home, or at his place of business, one of the most thrifty, substan- 
tial and reliable citizens, in the person of Mr. Amasa Woolson. His 
decease, January the eleventh, was a loss that will be widely and 
deeply felt. After years of successful business in the Parks and 
Woolson Company, and as president of the First National Bank 
of Springfield, as an honored and highly esteemed officer of the 
Congregational Church, as a citizen interested in all that related to 
the welfare of the village and the town, his death makes a vacancy 
that cannot easily be filled. Yet great as the loss is, such a life is 
a legacy, in which all who knew him are sharers. Genial, hospita- 
ble, generous, of unquestioned integrity, he will be remembered and 
quoted for years to come. 

It is not easy to say which of three monuments best represent 
the man, — his home, built with such studious regard for the com- 
fort of his family, the church with which he had so mixh to do in 
making it what it is, or his business, in which he won a wide and 
enviable reputation. Many hearts, bowing with the stricken family 
in sorrow that we shall see his face no more, warmly thank the 
Giver of all good for the legacy of such a life. 

His pastor for many years thus paid a most touching tribute : 

"A subdued and unusually mellow light rests upon the home of 

the late Amasa Woolson in Springfield. To survivors, it seems like 

the light of the life into which he entered, January the eleventh, 

in the eightieth year of his age. The end had long been fore- 



134 A Tribute of Love. 

shadowed, yet not a suggestion of fear, neither a thought of com- 
plaining, came to the ears of those who attended him. His Hfe-long 
serenity of soul never forsook him. His unquestioning trust held 
like an anchor. He was soon to leave those dear as life to him, to 
meet One still dearer, in whom he had implicitly trusted. A de- 
voted husband and father, an earnest Christian, a generous benefac- 
tor, loved and honored most by those who knew him best : — deeds 
rather than words was the motto of his daily life." 

Mr. Woolson was twice married ; first, to Mary Lancaster David- 
son, on January the fifteenth, Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, by 
whom he had one daughter, Helen Ann, who lived to the age of 
twenty-three years, when he, then in his fifty-first year, suffered 
a double and heart-rending bereavement in- the death in January^ 
Eighteen hundred and sixty-two, of this only daughter and child, 
followed in less than three months by the great grief of laying 
away his wife, when he was left alone. 

Yet we read in his own handwriting at that most sorrowful and 
trying time, penned in his Diary on the morning following his 
daughter's death, these beautiful and triumphant words: " At half- 
past three o'clock in the morning dear Helen's ransomed spirit 
went up on high in full assurance of hope to be with her precious 
Saviour ; " and again on the morning that his wife was taken from 
him, these words : " At half-past nine o'clock in the morning my 
beloved wife fell asleep in Jesus. She is not dead, but gone before, 
to join Helen in worship and praise in the new Jerusalem on high." 

As he w^as thus bereft of family and home, and his faith tried as 
by fire, what more beautiful example could he give of sublime and 
unbounded trust in his God and love for his Master ! To these, his 
loved ones, does one who came into close touch with both, in their 
home life of the days of long ago, thus pay tribute : " The first 
Mrs. Amasa Woolson, nee Davidson, was a person of generous pres- 
ence, and most generous hospitality, as all who were privileged to 
know her, even slightly, could testify; a real home-maker and a 
true helpmeet to her husband, fostering all his noblest impulses ; 
while the sweet Christian character of the daughter Helen was such 




MARY ELIZA BAKER. 
(Mrs. AMASA WOOLSON) 



A Tribute of T.ovc. 135 

as could be expected from such a parentage. She was like a lovely 
flower, too delicate for this world's rude breezes, who faded away 
early in life, to " bloom in the fields of Paradise." Her vision of 
eternal things was so clear that, cheerful to the last, she sustained 
and comforted those whom she was leaving, with the bright hopes 
that animated her own pure spirit. 

The memory of their kindly deeds, the reflex of their gentle 
spirits, still remain with all who knew them, inciting to nobler 
lives. " Lovely and pleasant in their lives, in death they were not 
long divided." 

Mr. Woolson married as his second wife, on July first, Eighteen 
hundred and sixty-three, Mary Eliza Baker of Manchester, Ver- 
mont : born there, November the twenty-second. Eighteen hundred 
and thirty, and who died in Springfield, July the twenty-ninth, Nine- 
teen hundred and two. Her obituary, as thus written by her pastor, 
pays fitting tribute to her many rarely beautiful traits of character : 
" The sad news of the death of Mrs. Woolson, after an illness 
of three months, was received with sincere sorrow and a keen sense 
of loss by a large circle of friends, who had learned to love her 
and appreciate her beautiful Christian character and life. For 
nearly forty years Mrs. Woolson has lived in Springfield, and her 
whole life here has been one filled with words of sympathy and 
helpfulness, and deeds of kindness and charity. By those who 
knew her best, she was loved as a friend worthy of all their confi- 
dence and affection ; and by the larger circle of those who had 
witnessed and felt the example and influence of her life she was 
respected and loved as a true Christian woman. Quietly and un- 
obtrusively, disliking all ostentation, she lived her Christian life, 
giving generously of her abundance to supply the needs of those 
who were less fortunate. What she did to relieve suffermg and 
distress cannot be told, because it cannot be known. So her m- 
fluence cannot be measured, because an impress of a life thus lived 
defies and transcends all human estimates. Those who came close 
to her learned to feel that the secret of her character and daily h(. 



136 A Tribute of Love. 

was to be found in her implicit faith and deeply rooted trust in 
God, which found beautiful expression and left an abiding influence 
in her daily living. She was one who could say with growing assur- 
ance, ' I know how to live with God.' 

" Mrs. Woolson, at an early age, united with the Baptist Church 
in her childhood's home, but on coming to Springfield she at once 
removed her church connection to the Congregational Church, which 
was that of her husband's choice, and has ever since been a loyal 
and helpful member. Immediately following her marriage, she 
came at once with her husband to Springfield, living at first in the 
house now the residence of Mrs. Charles A. Forbush, which Mr. 
Woolson built, and here her children, twin sons, George and John, 
who died in infancy, William Dickenson, and Charles Amasa, were 
born. 

" The funeral services were held at the house Thursday after- 
noon, the pastor of the Congregational Church officiating. The 
bountiful and beautiful floral offerings told of the love and respect 
with which she was regarded. ' She knocked feebly, and the gate 
swung wide open on noiseless hinges. No one stood beside it, for 
it marked neither end nor beginning of a journey, and the road ran 
straight through it, unbroken and unchanged, save that a soft light 
rested on it, and in the air there was infinite content. The woman 
rested within the gate, and as she rested, she was conscious of no 
change in herself, but the raiment which she had worn, thin and 
bare, fell away and vanished. The stains of travel were gone, the 
signs of age had vanished. Through the soft mist beautiful forms 
seemed moving, and, faint and far, she heard voices that seemed 
to come out of her childhood, fresh with the freshness of the morn- 
ing, and her spirit grew faint for joy at the sound of them.' " 

How sweet a life was his ; how sweet a death ; 
Dying, to leave a memory hke the breath 
Of summers full of sunshine and of showers, 
A grief and gladness in the atmosphere. 

— Longfello'iv. 




INDEX 



Acie, Elizabeth 1 1 1 

Margaret ( ) 94 

Mary 94 

William 94 
Adams, Henry 53 

Jonathan 89, 123 

Leah (Gould) 89, 123 

Lydia 79, 89 

Lydia (Phillips) 69 

Mary (Blackmore) 88 

Thomas 88, 89 

Ursula 53 
Addington, Isaac 29 
Allen, Benjamin 103 

Elizabeth 114 
Andrew, John A. 38 
Andrews, Abigail 87,88, 110 

Robert 87, 110 

Thomas 87 
Appleton, Samuel 78 
Armstrong, Benjamin 79 

Joseph 79 

Lydia (Worth) 79 

Mary 68, 79 

Mercy (Pitcher) 79 

Rachel ( ) 79 

William 79 
Atherton, Humphrey 71 

Jonathan 59 

Ruth (Knight) 59 
Badcock, Mary 62 
Badlam, Deborah St, 95 

Hannah (Phillips) 107 

Marv (Phillips) 95 

Samuel 95, 107 
Baker, Aaron Haynes 41,43, 
52 

Charles 51 

Ebenezer 41, 68 

Elijah 41 



Baker, Elizabeth 112 

Elizabeth (Tibbetts) 41 

Eunice (Haynes) 41, 68 

John 35 

Lettice Phillips (Mason) 
42, 52 

Lois (Rood) 41 

Mary Eliza 21, 24, 43 

Minerva (French) 42 

Tvyall 40,41 

William 40 
Balch, Rebecca 93 
Baldwin, Loammi 36, 54 
Barker, Dorothy ( ) 120 

John 85 

Joseph 120 

Margaret 85 

Mary 85 

Ruth ( ) 120 

Barnard, James 12 

John 74 

Sarah 74 
Barney, Ann (Witt) 80, 120 

Constance (Davis) 80 

Edward 80 

Hannah (Johnson) 80 

Jacob 80, 120 

Joanna (i\lartin) 80,92 

Joseph 80, 81, 92 

Lois (Martin) 81,92 

Martha 52, 81 
Bedel, Timothy 70 
Beere, Elizabeth (Billing- 
ton-Builock) 112 

Robert 112 
Beers, Elizabeth ( ) 115 

Richard 114, 115 

Sarah 85, 115 
Belcher, Catherine ( ) 99 

Edward 98, 99 



Belcher, Gregory 98, 99 

Jeremiah 98 

Joseph 99 

Mary 30, 71,99 

Mary ( ) 98 

Mary (Lockwood) 98 

Rebecca ( , Nash) 98 

Rebecca (Gill) 99 

Sarah (Wheeden) 98 

Thomas 99 
Berry, Hannah 50 
Billington, Christian (Penn- 
Eaton) 112 

Elizabeth 112 

Francis 1 12 
Bixby, Jonathan 101 

Joseph 101 

Lydia 90, 102 

O.J. 39 

Sarah ( ) 101 

Sarah (Smith) 101 
Blackman, Benjamin 44 

Sarah 44 

Sarah (Phelps), 44 
Blackmore, Mary 88 
Blake, Dorothy ( ) 118 

George 117, 118 

Prudence 73, 118 
Blanchard, Hannah (Bmck- 
ett-Kinslev) 123, 124 

John 123, 124 
Blodgett, Pearl D. 38 
Bond, Sarah (Woolson) 16 
Bowden, Mary 104 

Bowen, Elizabeth ( , 

Marsh) 111 

Richard 111 
Boynton, Elizabeth 59 

Brackett, .Alice ( ) 124 

Hannah 123, 124 



138 



Index. 



Brackett, Richard 124 
Bradley, Capt. 72 

John 35 
Briggs, Experience 107 

Experience ( ) 107 

Jonathan 107 
Brooks, Annes (Jaquith) 102 

Henry 102, 113 

Hepsibah 51, 102 

fohn 54 

Mary (Russell) 102, 112 

Mehitable ( Mowry-Kins- 
ley) 102 

Susannah ( , Richard- 
son) 102, 113 

Timothy 102, 112 
Brown, Abigail 94 

Abigail (Brown) 94 

Anna 82, 95 

Anna (Farwell) 94 

Charles 94 

Elizabeth (Wheeler) 94 

James 94 

John 94 

Josiah 94, 95 

Mary 78 

Mary (Acie) 94 

Samuel 94 

Sarah ( ) 94 

Thomas 12 
Bruce, R. L. 23 
Bullock, Elizabetii (Billing- 
ton) 112 

Elizabeth (Ingraham) 112 

Marv (Thurber) 113 

Richurd 112, 113 

Samuel 113 

Thankful 92, 113 

Thankful (Rones) 113 
Bunker, Elizabeth 56, 109 
Burge, John 121 

Mary (.Stearns-Learned) 
121 
Butler, Benj. F. 38 
Butterworth, John 51 

Mary 51 
Caldwell, Naomi (Novfs) 
83 

William 83 
Calhoun, John C. 70 
Caller, Mary 101 
Carpenter, Capt. SI 

Nathaniel 81 
Cary, Simon 81 
Chamberlain, John F. E. 40 
Chapman, Samuel 41 
Chase, Ambrose 50 

Ann (Horton) 51,63 

Ann (Wheeler) 49, 122 

Anna, 20, 51 

Aquila 49. 122 

Daniel 49, 50, 100 



Chase, Elisha 50 

Hannah (Berry) 50 

Hannah (Tenney) SO 

Henry 50 

Isaac SO 

John Sergant (.'' Sargent) 
51,63 

Jonathan 52 

Leah ( Robbins) 50, 79 

Martha (Kimball) 49, 100 

Timothy 50, 51, 79 
Cherry, Samuel 70 
Chester, Joseph L. 121 
Church, I?enjamin 103, 122 

David 13, 14 
Clap, Roger 71 
Clapp, 27, 28 

Ezra 27 

Jane 116 

Richard 116 
Clark, Martha 87 
Clarke, William 60 
Clifford, Mary 98 
C lough, Martha 90 
Cobb, L. H. 23 
Coburn, Asa 54 
Colbe, Daniel 74 
Cole, Edward 29 

Hannah (Page) 29 
Cooke, Francis 118, 119 

Hester 119 

Hester (Mahieu) 119 

Jacob 119 

James 119 

Jane 103, 118, 119 

John 119 

Mary 119 
Coolidge, John 15 

Richard 15 
Cottle. Jean (Look) 56, 
109 

John 56, 109 
Cowen, John 109 

Rebecca 71, 109 

Rebecca ( , Mann) 109 

Craft, AHce ( ) 53 

Dorcas (Ruggles) 53 

Ephraim S3 

Esther (Jewett) 54 

Griffin 53 

Hannah (Reed) 53 

Hannah (Reed- Read) 54 

John 53, 125 

Margaret (Parrot) 54 

Margaret (Richardson) 53 

Mary (Hudson) 53 

Rebecca (Wheelock) 53 
125 

Samuel 53, 54, 55 

Ursula (Adams-Robinson) 
53 
Crafts, Eliza Stearns 36, 55 



Crafts, Rebecca Stearns 
(Knight) 54,61 

Samuel Jewett 54, 55, 61 
Cragin, Abigail 58, 88 

John 88 

Sarah (Dawes) 88 
Crane, David 35 
Crockett, Margaret 93 
Crooker, Francis 115 
Crossman, Robert 107 
Culliver, see Gulliver 
Cummings, .Anna 69, 83 

Anna (Brown) 82, 95 

Elizabeth (Kinsley) 81, 
123 

Elizabeth (Shedd) 82 

Hannah (Farwell) 82,105 

Isaac 81 

Jerahmeel 82, 105 

John 81, 82, 119, 123 

Jotham82,95 

Samuel 82 

Sarah (Hewlett) 81, 120 
Curtis, Deborah 29 

Hannah (Linfield) 29 

William 29 
Cutler, Hannah 1 1 1 

John 111 

Mary ( ) 1 1 1 

Ruth 78 

Thomas 78 
Cutting, Isaac 19 
Dagget, John 58 
Davidson, Mary I-ancaster 

21 
Davis, Constance 80 
Dawes, Sarah 88 

Dayton, Marv( ,Haynes) 

63 

Ralph 63 
Dennison, Major 87 
Dewey, Capt. 68 
Dexter, Benjamin 87 

Ephraim 87 

Lois 57, 87 

Martha (Clark) 87 

Mary (Miller) 87 

Sarah (Vincent) 87 

Thomas 86, 87 

William 87 
Dodge, Abigail 69, 93 

Edith ( ) 93 

Joseph 93 

Margaret (Crockett) 93 

Noah 93 

Priscilla (Eaton) 93 

Rebecca (Balch) 93 

Richard 93 

Sarah (Eaton) 93 
Dolliver, William H . 40 
Doty, Ruth (Mandell) 115 
Dow, Henry 100 



Index. 



139 



Dow, Margaret ( ) 100 

Downing, Benjamin 75 
Dudley, P. 2S 
Dunbar, Samuel 71 
Dunsmore, John 60 

Phinehas 60 
Eaton, Christian (Peiin) 1 12 

Priscilla 9,3 

Sarah 93 
Eliot, John 53, 72 
Emerson, Daniel 94 
Esten, Johanna [Joanl 91, 
112 

Thomas 112 
Evarts, William M. 42 
Fairbanks, Edward T. 48 
Farnsworth, Mary 116 
Farquhar, F. U. 3S 
Farrar, Samuel 60 
Farwell, Anna 94 

Hannah 82, 105 

Hannah (Learned) 104, 
122 

Hannah (Lovewell) 94 

Henry 104. 105, 114 

Joseph 104, 105, 122 

Josiah 94 

Olive ( ) 104 

Susannah (Richardson) 
105, 114 
Fellows, John 81 
Fenno, Abigail 1>2. Zl> 

Benjamin 27-34, 40, 99 

Debora (Ford) 40,84 

Eliza Stearns (Crafts) 36, 
55 

Elizabeth 28, 29 

Ephraim 28, 29 

Jemimah 31-33 

John25-30, 40. 61. 114 

Joseph 28, 34-j6, 40, 83 

Joseph Warren 36, 55 

LuIaMay25,40 

Marcellus Taylor 36, 40, 
49 

Margaret (Gibbons) 35, 83 

Martha Washington 
(Flint) 37, 49 

Mary 28,36,40 

Mary (Belcher) 30-32,99 

Mary (Fenno) 36 

Miriam 34 

Moses 34 

Rachel ( ) 61 

Ralph 36, 40 

Rebecca 25,26,28,29,31, 

Rebecca ( ) 33 

Rebecca (Tucker) 25. 29, 

114 
Reuben 34, 35 
Samuel 31-36, 40, 84 



Fenno, Susanna (Humphrey 

40 
Fisher, Nathaniel 85 

Fiske, Martha ( ) 73 

Flint, Ann ( ) 43 

Asa 45 

Christian (Reed) 43 

Elizabeth ( ) 43 

Huldah (Hawes) 47, 72 

James, 44-47, 86 

Jerusha (Lillie) 47, 86 

Joel 47, 72 

John 43 

Loammi Brainard 4749 

58 
Martha Washington 37,49 
Mary Bradley (West) 47- 

49,58 
Mary (Hall) 44,47 
Mary (Lamphere) 43 
Mehitable 46 
Samuel 4347 
Sarah (Blackman) 44 
Susannah (Gennings) 43 
Thomas 43 
Folsom, Gen. 52 
Forbush, Charles A. 136 
Ford, Andrew 84, 124 
Deborah 40, 84 
Deborah (Badlam) 84,95 
Eleanor (Lovell) 84. 124 
Hannah (Pratt) 84, 106 
James 84, 95 

Joanna ( ) 84 

Nathaniel 84, 106 
Foxcroft, Fra: 17 
French, Alice 1 19 
Dependence 29 
Elizabeth 29 
Minerva 42 
Rebecca (Fenno) 29 
F"ullam. Fra: 16 
Gamer, Lydia 108 
Gardner, Daniel 60 
Gennings, Susannah 43 
Gerrish. Samuel 35, 36 
Gibbons, Fitch 83 
Margaret 35. 83 
Margaret (liowaid) S3 
Naomi (Noves-Caldwell) i 
83 ' ' 

Gilbert, Elizabeth 100 
Humphrey 100 

Gill, Ann ( ) 99 

Benjamin 72 
John 25,99 
Rebecca 99 
Gilson, Jemima (Phillips) 

69 
Glover, Henry 28 
Goddard, David 50, 51 
Goodall. Robert 43 



Goodhue, Mercy 88 
Goodwin, Nathaniel H 
Gookin. Daniel 12 
Goole, Francis 123 

Rose ( ) 123 

Gordon, James 20 

Miriam 79 
Gould, Leah 89, 12 
Gray, John 50 
Gregg, Daniel 55 

Gregory, Grace ( ) 20 

Gulliver, Anthony 27, 2S 
Hall, Mary 44. •17 
Hammond, Benjamin 56 

John 56 

Nathaniel 57, 58 

Priscilla 56 

Priscilla (Spragiie) 56 

William 56 
Harriman.Elizabeth(.'^wan) 
101, 111 

Hannah 67, 101 

Leonard 101 

Margaret ( ) 10| 

Mary (Caller) 101 

Matthew 101. Ill 
Harrington, Benjamin 19 

Jonas 19 
Harris, Hannah 32, i'l 

Jerusha 32, 'i'i 
Hart, John 95 
Hasey, Sarah 73 
Hasosome (Indian) 12 
Hawes, Ann 71 

Ann ( ) 71 

Eleazer 71, 72,99 

Esther (Smith) 72 

Huldah 47, 72 

Mary (Belcher) 71,99 

Mary (Humphrey) 71, 117 

Obadiah71, 109. 117 

Rebecca (Cowen) 71, 109 

Richard 71 

William 72 
Haynes, Aaron 42. 67 , 68, 79, 
144 

David 68 

Elizabetii (Kingsbury) 67 

Eunice 41, 6K 

Guy C. 67 

Hannah (Harriman) 67, 
101 

James 63-65 

John 63 

Jonathan 64-68, 90, 110 

Joseph 65, 66 

Margery (P.irmell-llurd) 
68 

Mary 65, 66 

Mary ( ) 63 

Mary (.Armstrong) 68.79 

Mar)- (Moulton) bj 



I40 



Index. 



Haynes, Richard 64 

Ruth (Page) 67,90 

Sarah 64 

Sarah (Ingersoll) 64 

Sarah (Moulton) 65, 110 

Thomas 64-68, 101 

WiUiam 63-65 
Hayward, Mercy 92 
Henchman, Edmund 118 

Ehzabeth 118 
Higginson, Francis 30 
Hobart, Caleb 27, 28 

Peter 1 1 1 
Hollard, Catliarine 77 
Holmes, Mary 97 
Horton, Alice (Knight) 59, 
62,63 

Ann 51,63 

Asa 60 

David 61, 62 

Ebenezer 60 

Enocli 62 

Jonathan 63 

Joseph 59, 62, 63 

Mary (Badcock) 62 

Mary (Knight) 60 

Thomas 61, 62 
Hovey, Abigail (Andrews) 
87,88, 110 

Daniel, 87, 88, 110 

Dorcas (Ivory) 88 

Elizabeth 78," 88 

John 88 

Mercy (Goodhue) 88 
Howard, Margaret 83 

Martha 75 
Howe, Elizabeth (Woolson) 

16 
llowlett, Alice (French) 119 

Rebecca ( ) 119 

Sarah 81, 120 

Thomas 119, 120 
Hudson. Mary 53 
Hull, Joseph 124 

Humphrey, Frances ( ) 

116 

James 71, 116, 117 

Jane (Clapp- Weeks) 116 

Jonas 116 

Mary 71, 117 

Mary ( ) 117 

Susanna 40 
Hunt, Dorothy ( , Bar- 
ker) 120 

Enoch 120, 121 

Ephraim 120 

Sarah 106, 120, 121 
Hurd, Margery (Parmell) 68 
Hutchinson, Edward Zi 
Hyde, Esther (Smith-Hawes) 
72 

Ichabod 72 



Hyde, Samuel 99, 100 
Sarah 9, 100 

Temperance ( ) 99, 100 

Hyland, Sarah 108 

Thomas 108 
Ingersoll, Sarah 64 
Ingraham, Elizabeth 112 

Richard 112 
Ivory, Dorcas 88 
Jaquith, Annes 102 
Jenkins, Edward 108, 115 

Hannah 108, 116 

Lettice ( ) 116 

Mary (Farnsworth-Rip- 
ley) 116 
Jewett, Esther 54 

Hannah (Farwell-Cum- 
mings) 105 

Stephen 105 
Johnson, AHce (Ward) 90 

Cliarles 69 

Edward 89, 121 

Hannah 80 

Hannah (Palfrey) 89 

Hannah (Trask) 90 

Isaac 26, 78 

Mary 59,62,90 

Marv (Reed) 89,90 

Matthew 89, 90 

Rebecca (Wiswall) 89 

Susanna ( ) 89 

Jones, James 16 

Josiah 16 

Mary (Woolson) 16 
Jumpque, Jacob 12 
Kenney, Ann ( ) 95 

Elizabeth (Knight) 96 

Eunice 85, 96 

Henry 95, 96 

Jonathan 96 

Josiah 96, 97 

Rebecca ( ) 96 

Ruth (Tower) 96,97 

Thomas 96 
Kimball, Elizabeth (Gilbert- 
Rayner) 100 

Henry 100, 144 

Margaret ( , Dow) 100 

Martha 49, 100, 144 

Marv (Wyatt) 100 

Richard 100, 144 

Ursula (Scott) 100 
King, Dorothv( , Barker- 
Hunt) 120 

Ebenezer 19 

John 120 
Kingsbury, Elizabeth 67 
Kinney, Josiah 86 
Kinsley, Elizabeth 82, 123 

Hannah (Brackett) 123, 
124 

Mehitable (Mowry) 102 



Kinsley, Samuel 123, 124 

Stephen 123 
Knight, Abigail (Cragin) 58, 
88 

Alice 59, 62 

Amaziah 59 

Anna 60 

Ebenezer 20, 58-60, 62, 90 

Ehzabeth 20, 60, 96 

Elizabeth (Boynton) 59 

Eunice (Stearns) 61, 86 

Hannah ( ) 58 

Jolin 58, 61,88 

Joseph 58 

Levi 61, 86 

Mary ( ) 58 

Mary (Johnson) 59,62,90 

Mathew 59 

Rebecca Stearns 54, 61 

Ruth 59 

Sarah 59, 86 
Ladd, Charles H.40 

Samuel 66, 67 
Lamphere, Mary 43 
Learned, Goodith ( ) 121 

Hannah 104, 122 

Isaac 121, 122 

Jane 121 

Mary (Stearns) 121 

William 121 
Lee, Gen. 37, 39 
Lillie, Ehsha 86, 97 

George 86 

Huldah (Tilden) 86,97 

Jerusha 47, 86 

Sarah (Knight) 86 

Lincoln, Catherine ( ) 

107 

Elizabeth ( , Street) 

107 

Experience 85, 107 

Experience (Briggs) 107 

Samuel 107 

Thomas 107 
Linfield, David 29 

Hannah 29 

Hannah (Vinton) 29 
Lockwood, Mary 98 
Look, Elizabeth (Bunker) 
56, 109 

Jane [Jean] 56, 

Sarah 109 

Thomas 56, 109 
Lovell, Eleanor 84, 

Elizabeth ( ) 

Ellen 124 

Nehemiah 95 

Robert 124 
Lovewell, Hannah 94 

John 95 
Lyons, Capt. 37 
McGregore, Capt. 70 



109 



124 
124 



Index. 



141 



Mahieu, Hester 119 

Jennie ( ) 119 

Mandell [Mendall], Hannah 
97, 115 

John 115 

Mercy 115 

Ruth 115 

Sarah US 
Mann, Rebecca ( ) 109 

Richard 109 
Marsh, Elizabeth ( ) 111 

George 111 

Hannah (Cutler) 111 

Mary 90, 1 1 1 

Onesiphorus 111 
Martin, Aaron 46 

Edward 92, 103, 104 

Ephraim91,92, 113 

Joanna 80, 92 

Johanna [Toan] (Esten) 
91, 112 

John 91, 92, 112 

Lois 81, 92 

Marcy ( , Thurber) 92 

Martha (Washburn) 92, 
103 

Mercy (Hay ward) 92 

Rebecca (Peck) 92 

Richard 91 

Thankful (Bullock) 92, 
113 
Mason, Anna (Philhps) 52, 
70 

Hepsibah (Brooks) 51, 102 

Jeremiah 41 

John 52, 70 

Lattice PhiHips42, 52 

Martha (Barney) 52. 81 

Mary (Butterworth) 51 

Pelatiah51,52, 102 

Perez 52, 81 

Sampson 51 

Zerviah (Ormsby) 52 
Maxwell, Mary 79 
Merrill, William F. 40 
Michie, Peter S. 38, 40 
Miller, Mary 87 
Mirick, John 19 
Mitchell, EHzabeth 103, 118 

Experience 103, 118, 119 

Jane (Cooke) 103,118,119 
Morey, Col. 75 
Moulton, Margaret (Page) 
91, 110 

Mary 65 

Sarah 65, 110 

William 90. 91, 110 
Mowry, Mehitable 102 
Mussiloway, Ann (Wheeler- 
Chase) 49 

Daniel 49 
Myrick, John 19 



Nash, John 98 
Rebecca (- 



-)98 



Newton, John 63 
Nixon, Thomas 72 
Norcross, Richard 15 
Noyes, Deborah(Savell) 83 

Esther 83 

John 83 

Nicholas 83 

Naomi 83 
Nutting, Elizabeth (Phil- 
hps) 69 
Oliver, Peter 56 
Ormsby, Zerviah 52 
Osgood, James 82 
Owansamug, Samuel 9-12 
Packard, Mary 106, 122 

Samuel 122 
Page, Adela 29 

Cornelius 90, 111 

Deborah (Curtis) 29 

Francis 90 

Hannah 29 

John 90 

Lucy ( ) 90,91 

Lydia (Bixby) 90, 102 

Margaret 90,91. 110 

Martha (Clough) 90 

Mary (Marsh) 90, 111 

Robert 90, 91 

Ruth 67, 90 

Samuel 29 

Susanna 90 

Thomas 90, 102 
Palfrey, Hannaii 89 
Parish, Mehitable (Flint) 46 

Zebu Ion 46 
Parke, William 95 
Parker, Joshua 54 
Parks, Frederick 24 
Parmell, Margery 68 
Parmeter, John 12 
Parrot, Margaret 54 
Patch, Esther (Jewett- 
Craft) 54 

Isaac 54 
Patey, EHzabeth (Billing- 
ton-Bullock-Beere) 112 

Thomas 1 13 
Pearce, Thomas 27 
Peck, Jathniel 92 

Peleg 81 

Rebecca 92 

Sarah (Smith) 92 
Penn, Christian 112 
Petemy, Andrew 9-12 
Pettingill, Joseph 36 
Phelps, .Sarah 44 
Philips, John 34 

Miriam ( Fenno) 34 
Phillips, Abigail (Dodge) 
69, 93 



Phillips, Amos 69, 70,93 

Ann 52 

Anna 70 

Anna (Cummings) 69, 70, 
83 

Elizabeth 69 

I-saac 69 

Jemima 69 

John 69, 70, 83 

Kezia 69 

Lydia 69 

Lydia ( ) 69 

Mary 95, 107 

Mary ( ) 106 

Mary (Packard) 106, 122 

Nicholas 106, 107 

Richard 106, 122 

Samuel 69 

Seth 68, 69 

Susanna 69 
Phipps, Samuel 12 
Pickering, John 37, 39, 43 
Pitcher, .Mercy 79 

Samuel 79 
Poole, Jonathan 78 
Potter, V'incent 95 
I'ratt. Elizabeth ( ) 105 

Hannah 84, 106 

Hannah ( ) 106 

Matthew 105. 106, 121 

Sarah (Hunt) 106, 121 

William 106 
Prentice, Thomas 99 
Prescott, William 54 
Pressy, E. S. 23 
Preston, Daniel 28 

John 66 

Mary (Haynes) 66 
Powers, Wiliiani 68 

Randall, Hannah ( , 

Pratt) 106 

Thomas 106 
Ravner, Elizabeth (Gilb*^!) 

' 100 

William 100 
Read, Hannah 54 
Redman, Kolx»rt 25 
Reed. Christian 43 

George 90 

Hannah 53 

Hannah (Rockwell) 90 

Jonathan 54 

Mary 89 
Reeves, Margaret 55 
Reid, George 70 
Reneff. Thankful 113 
Richardson, Ezekiel 102, 1 1.1 

Josiah 113, 114 

.Margaret 53 

Remembrance (Under- 
wood) 1 14 

Susannah 105, 114 



142 



Index. 



Ri chardson,SusaniKih ( ) 

102, 113 
Richmond, Maitlia (Wash- 
buin) 104 

Robert 104 
Riford, Joseph 8.3 
Ripley, Abraiiam 116 

Mary (Farnsworth) 116 
Robbins, Leah SO, 79 

Lydia (Adams) 79, 89 

Mary (Maxwell) 79 

Robert 79 

Thomas 79, 89 
Robinson, Lemuel 35 

Samuel 68 

Ursula (Adams) 53 

WilHam S3 
Rockwell, Hannah 90 
Rones, Thankful 113 
Rood, Lois 41 
Rounds, Thankful 113 
Rouse, Thankful 1 1 3 
Koyall, Wm. 33 
Rudd, Jonathan 41 
Ruggles, Barbara ( ) 53 

Dorcas 53 

John 34, 35, S3 
Russ, Hannah 1 1 1 
Russell, Elizabeth ( )1I2 

Elizabeth (Baker) 112 

John 102, 111 

Mary 102, 1 12 
Salter, Charles 96 

Elizabeth ( ) 96 

Samuel 59 

Sarah 96 

Sarah (Knight) 59 

Susanna 96 
Sanborn, John 91, 1 10 

Margaret (Page-Moulton) 
91, 110 
Savell, Deborah '&i 
Scannell, Alexander 70 
Scott, Henry 100 

Martha (Whotlock) 100 

Ursula 100 
Sewall, Samuel 71, 121 
Shedd, Elizabeth 82 
Shepard, Rebeckah (Fenno) 

jIoj 
Simpson, Thomas 69 
Smith, Abijah 72 

Amity 72 

Esther 72 

John 78 

Ruth (Cutler) 78 

Sarah 92, 10! 

William 18 
Somers, Henry 14 
Soper, Justus 35 
So Somett (Indian) 12 
Spencer, Gen. 81 



Sprague, Phineas 73 

.Sarah (Hasey) 73 

Priscilla 56 
SpiuT, John 72 
Standish, Myles 103, 119 
Stearns, Elizabeth ( ) 85 

Eunice, 61, 86 

Eunice (Kenney) 85, 96, 
97 

Experience (Lincoln) 85, 
107 

Isaac 84, 85, 115, 121 

Jonathan 85, 107 

Mary 121 

Mary (Barker) 85 

Nathaniel 85, 86, 96, 97 

Sarah (Beers) 85, 115 
Stone, Benja. 70 
Street, Elizabeth ( ) 107 

Francis 107 
Sullivan, Gen. 41 
Sumner, George 28 

Jabez 35 
Swan, Elizabetli 101. Ill 

Elizabeth (Acie) 111 

Hannah (Russ) 111 

Richard 110, 111 

Robert 1 1 1 
Tarbell, John 68 

Thomas 68 
Tenney, Hannah 50 
Thorne, Adela (Page) 29 

Edward 29 

Mabel 29 
Thurber, John 113 

Mary 113 

Marcy ( ) 92 

Priscilla ( ) 113 

Richard 92 
Tibbetts, Elizabeth 41 
Tilden, Elizabeth ( ) 97 

Hannah (Mendall) 97, 115 

Huldah 86, 97 

Lettice (Turner) 97, 109 

Lydia ( ) 97 

Mary (Holmes) 97 

Nathaniel 97, 115 

Thomas 97, 109, 115 

Tileston ( ) 27 

Tinkham, Mercy (Mandell) 

US 
Torrey, Sarah ( Mandell) 1 1 5 
Tower, Ruth 96 
Trask, Hannah 90 
Tray, Thomas 12 
Tucker, Abigail (Fenno) 'il^ 

Ashbel 46 
Ebenezer 35 
Elizabeth (Allen) 114 
Ephraim 28 
Rebecca 25, 29, 114 



Tucker, Robert 25, 114 
Turner, Hannah 116 

Hannah (Jenkins) 108,116 

Humphrey 108 

Lettice 97, 109 

Lydia (Gamer) 108 

Sarah (Hyland) 108 

Thomas 108, 109, 116 
Tyler, Abigail 74 

Daniel 76 

David 75-77 

Ebenezer 74-76 

Elizabeth ( ) 75 

Jacob 74 

James 74 

Joanna 74 

Job 72-74 

John 41, 72, 74 

Jonathan 74, 76, 77 

Joshua 74 

Judith ( ) 75 

Katharine 74 

Martha 74 

Martha ( , Fiske) 73 

Martha (Howard) 75, 76 

Mary ( ) 72 

Moses 73-75, 118 

Phebe 58, 75 

Prudence (Blake) 73, 118 

Samuel 72 

Sarah 74 

Sarah (Ha.sey-Sprague) 73 
Underwood, Remembrance 
114 

Sarah 114 

Timothy 54 

William 114 
Upham, Catharine (Hollard) 
77 

Elizabeth 20, 78 

Ehzabeth ( ) 77 

Elizabeth (Hovey) 78,88 

John 77, 78 

Mary (Brown) 78 

Phinehas 78 

Ruth (Cutler-Smith) 78 

Ruth (Wood) 78 

Thomas 78, 88 
Vaughn, Elizabeth (Hench- 
man 118 

George 103, 118 

Mary 103, 118 
Vincent, Sarah 87 
Vinton, Elizabeth (French) 
29 

Hannah 29 

Samuel 29 
Vose, Thomas 33 
Wadd, Anne 90 
Wadlin, Jemimah (Fenno) 

31-33 
Wales, Nathaniel 41 



Index. 



143 



Walker, John 18 

Wanton, Michael 108 

Ward, Alice 90 

Warring, Ebenezer 28 

Washburn, Elizabeth( Mitch- 
ell) 10.>, lis 
James 104 
John 103, 118 
Jonathan 103, 104, 118 

Margaret ( ) 103 

Martha 92, 103, 104 
Mary (Bowden) 104 
Mary (Vaughn) 103, 118 
Phihp 103 

Wayte, Capt. 78 

Weeks, George 116 
Jane (Clapp) 116 

Wentworth, Shubael 96 

West, Abner 56, 109 
Benjamin 57, 58, 75 

Elizabeth ( ) 56 

Francis 55 

Jean (Look-Cottle) 56, 109 
Lois (Dexter) 57. 87 
Margaret (Reeves) 55 
Marv Bradlev 47. 48, 58 
Phebe (Tyler) 58, 75 
Priscilla (Hammond) 56 
Thomas 55-57 
Timothy 57, 58. 87 

Wheeden, Edward 98 

Elizabeth ( ) 98 

Sarah 98 

Wheeler, Ann 49 

Ann ( ) 122 

John 122 



Wheeler, Anne 122 

Elizabeth 94 

Elizabeth ( ) 94 

John 49 

Josiah 94 

Sarah (Beers-Stearns) 85, 
115 

Thomas 85, 115 
Wheelock, Ralph 53, 125 

Rebecca 53, 125 

Rebecca ( ) 53, 125 

Whipple, Jonathan 50 
White, Thomas 62 
Whitney, Josiah 81 
Whotlock, Martha 100 
Wilder, Jonas 62 
Willard, Daniel 13, 14 
Williams, George 81 
Winthrop, John 53, 119 
Wiswall, John 89 

Retecca 89 
Witt, Ann 80, 120 

John 120 

Sarah ( ) 120 

Wood, Ruth 78 
Woolson, Amasa 21-25, 43, 
129, 131-136 

.-^masa Glenn 25, 129 

Anna (Chase) 20, 51 

Asa 19,20, 51, 59-61 

Beulah 18 

Charles Amasa 25, 40, 129, 
136 

Elizabeth 16 

Elizabeth (Knight) 20. 
60 



Woolson, Elizalxth (Up 
ham) 20, 78 

Ephraim 18 

Eric .\masa 129 

George 136 

Grace ( , Gregory) 20 

Hannah IS 

Hannah ( ) 17 

Helen Ann 134 

Joseph 15-20,78 

Kenneth Hazen 129 

Lula May (Fenno) 25,40 

Marguerite Estein 25 

Mary 16, 18 

Mary Eliza (Baker) 21,24, 
129, 135 

Mary Lancaster (David- 
son) 21, 134 

Ruth Irene 129 

Sarah 16 

Sarah (Hvde)9.15-17, 100 

Sybil 19 

Thankful IS 

Thomas 13-17. 100 

William Dickenson 136 
Worth, John 79 

Lydia 79 

Miriam (Gordon) 79 
Wright, Capt. 54 

Dorothy 29 

Mal>el (Thome) 29 

Willard 29 
Wvatt, John iOO 

Mary 100 

Mary ( ) 100 

Young, Samuel 70 




ADDENDA. 



While this work has been passing through the press it has 
been found that Martha Kimball, who is given in the Pedigree 
as the daughter of Richard,' was the gTand-daughter of Rich- 
ard,' and daughter of Henry, as appears on page lOO. 

On page 67, last line, for March 27, read March 25, which 
is the date given in the History of Rensselaer Co., N. V., p. 
375, as that of the death of the Rev. Aaron Haynes. March 
27 may have been the date of his burial. 



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